diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo_list.go b/pkg/cmd/repo_list.go
index 75d351ef8..911c4acc3 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo_list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo_list.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func newRepoListCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		Args:              require.NoArgs,
 		ValidArgsFunction: noMoreArgsCompFunc,
 		RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+			f, _ := repo.LoadFile(settings.RepositoryConfig)
 			if len(f.Repositories) == 0 {
 			    switch outfmt {
 			    case output.Table: