diff --git a/beat/editor/scripts/editor_cli.py b/beat/editor/scripts/editor_cli.py
index 26ad706dfa46888b1a407788c4d30a2859e115ae..bf229e5cd3d04eb2ac93f09840ef0ed3094fac62 100644
--- a/beat/editor/scripts/editor_cli.py
+++ b/beat/editor/scripts/editor_cli.py
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ from click_plugins import with_plugins
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication
 
+from beat.core.dock import Host
+
 from beat.cmdline.click_helper import AliasedGroup
 from beat.cmdline.decorators import raise_on_error
 from beat.cmdline.decorators import verbosity_option
@@ -53,6 +55,32 @@ from .. import version
 global logger
 logger = None
 
+
+def dump_environments(environments_file_path):
+    logger.info("Generating environments information")
+    Host(images_cache=environments_file_path, raise_on_errors=False)
+    logger.info("Done")
+
+
+def setup_environment_cache(ctx, param, value):
+    """Click option callback to setup environment cache"""
+
+    if not value:
+        environments = ctx.meta["environments"]
+        if not os.path.exists(environments):
+            dump_environments(environments)
+
+
+refresh_environment_cache_flag = click.option(
+    "--no-check-env",
+    is_flag=True,
+    expose_value=False,
+    default=False,
+    help="Do not check for environment cache",
+    callback=setup_environment_cache,
+)
+
+
 START_EPILOG = """\b
 Example:
         $ beat editor start
@@ -62,14 +90,26 @@ Example:
 
 @with_plugins(pkg_resources.iter_entry_points("beat.editor.cli"))
 @click.group(cls=AliasedGroup)
+@click.option(
+    "--environments",
+    "-e",
+    help="Overrides the path to the environment file. If not set use the value from your RC file [default: <prefix>/.environments.json]",
+    type=click.STRING,
+    default=".environments.json",
+)
 @verbosity_option()
 @click.pass_context
-def editor(ctx):
+def editor(ctx, environments):
     """beat.editor commands."""
 
     config = ctx.meta["config"]
     config.set("prefix", os.path.abspath(config.path))
 
+    if not os.path.isabs(environments):
+        environments = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(config.prefix, environments))
+
+    ctx.meta["environments"] = environments
+
     global logger
     logger = setup_logger("beat.editor", ctx.meta["verbosity"])
     logger.info("BEAT prefix set to `%s'", ctx.meta["config"].path)
@@ -82,6 +122,7 @@ def editor(ctx):
 
 @editor.command(epilog=START_EPILOG)
 @click.pass_context
+@refresh_environment_cache_flag
 @raise_on_error
 def start(ctx):
     """Start the beat editor"""
@@ -106,6 +147,7 @@ Example:
 @click.argument("asset_type")
 @click.argument("asset_name")
 @click.pass_context
+@refresh_environment_cache_flag
 @raise_on_error
 def edit(ctx, asset_type, asset_name):
     """Edit one specific asset"""
@@ -117,7 +159,7 @@ def edit(ctx, asset_type, asset_name):
 
     asset_path = os.path.join(
         ctx.meta["config"].path,
-        AssetType.path(AssetType[asset_type.upper()]),
+        AssetType[asset_type.upper()].path,
         asset_name + ".json",
     )
 
@@ -125,3 +167,22 @@ def edit(ctx, asset_type, asset_name):
     asset_widget.show()
 
     return app.exec_()
+
+
+ENV_REFRESH_EPILOG = """\b
+Example:
+        $ beat editor refresh_env
+
+"""
+
+
+@editor.command(epilog=ENV_REFRESH_EPILOG)
+@click.pass_context
+@raise_on_error
+def refresh_env(ctx):
+    """Update environments cache"""
+
+    environments_file_path = ctx.meta["environments"]
+    if os.path.exists(environments_file_path):
+        os.remove(environments_file_path)
+    dump_environments(environments_file_path)
diff --git a/beat/editor/test/conftest.py b/beat/editor/test/conftest.py
index 7a98125ced5fe456093e855931deb5cf34eae719..a6ad00e97ff7c8fcf1c68eb5575676cffc49ffce 100644
--- a/beat/editor/test/conftest.py
+++ b/beat/editor/test/conftest.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import pytest
 import pkg_resources
+import simplejson as json
 import subprocess
 import shutil
 import importlib
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ else:
 
 
 prefix = os.path.join(prefix_folder, "prefix")
+environment_file = os.path.join(prefix, "environment.json")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(
@@ -64,6 +66,16 @@ def test_prefix():
     for path in prefixes:
         subprocess.check_call(["rsync", "-arz", path, prefix_folder])
 
+    with open(environment_file, "wt") as env_file:
+        env_file.write(
+            json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "Test Env": {"name": "Python 2.7", "version": "1.3.0"},
+                    "Another test Env": {"name": "another test", "version": "1.1.1"},
+                }
+            )
+        )
+
     yield prefix
 
     shutil.rmtree(prefix_folder)
@@ -84,7 +96,13 @@ def test_prefix():
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def beat_context(test_prefix):
     Context = namedtuple("Context", ["meta"])
-    context = Context(meta={"--user": "user", "--prefix": test_prefix})
+    context = Context(
+        meta={
+            "--user": "user",
+            "--prefix": test_prefix,
+            "environments": environment_file,
+        }
+    )
 
     config = Configuration(context.meta)
     context.meta["config"] = config