diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index db370f1aa..e50eff2c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 *.pkl
 *.lock
 
+# OS generated files
+.DS_Store
+
 # StarUML documentation
 *.mdj
 
diff --git a/src/orion/core/cli/list.py b/src/orion/core/cli/list.py
index 448a1ae89..7684fe3b8 100644
--- a/src/orion/core/cli/list.py
+++ b/src/orion/core/cli/list.py
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ def main(args):
         root_experiments = [exp for exp in experiments
                             if exp['refers'].get('root_id', exp['_id']) == exp['_id']]
 
+    if not root_experiments:
+        print("No experiment found")
+        return
+
     for root_experiment in root_experiments:
         root = experiment_builder.build_view(name=root_experiment['name'],
                                              version=root_experiment.get('version')).node
diff --git a/src/orion/core/cli/status.py b/src/orion/core/cli/status.py
index 89aa6d82b..ff8c6a04e 100644
--- a/src/orion/core/cli/status.py
+++ b/src/orion/core/cli/status.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def main(args):
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot fetch specific version of experiments with --collapse "
                                "or --expand-versions.")
 
-    print_evc(filter(lambda e: e.refers.get('parent_id') is None, experiments), **args)
+    print_evc(experiments, **args)
 
 
 # pylint: disable=unused-argument
@@ -104,13 +104,19 @@ def get_experiments(args):
         Commandline arguments.
 
     """
-    projection = {'name': 1, 'version': 1}
+    projection = {'name': 1, 'version': 1, 'refers': 1}
 
     query = {'name': args['name']} if args.get('name') else {}
     experiments = get_storage().fetch_experiments(query, projection)
 
+    if args['name']:
+        root_experiments = experiments
+    else:
+        root_experiments = [exp for exp in experiments
+                            if exp['refers'].get('root_id', exp['_id']) == exp['_id']]
+
     return [experiment_builder.build_view(name=exp['name'], version=exp.get('version', 1))
-            for exp in experiments]
+            for exp in root_experiments]
 
 
 def _has_named_children(exp):
diff --git a/tests/functional/commands/test_list_command.py b/tests/functional/commands/test_list_command.py
index 5b9442410..ed4bff4cc 100644
--- a/tests/functional/commands/test_list_command.py
+++ b/tests/functional/commands/test_list_command.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def test_no_exp(monkeypatch, clean_db, capsys):
 
     captured = capsys.readouterr().out
 
-    assert captured == ""
+    assert captured == "No experiment found\n"
 
 
 def test_single_exp(clean_db, one_experiment, capsys):
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def test_no_exp_name(clean_db, three_experiments, monkeypatch, capsys):
 
     captured = capsys.readouterr().out
 
-    assert captured == ""
+    assert captured == "No experiment found\n"
 
 
 def test_exp_name(clean_db, three_experiments, monkeypatch, capsys):
diff --git a/tests/functional/commands/test_status_command.py b/tests/functional/commands/test_status_command.py
index 0fb460ad8..f38ffb44a 100644
--- a/tests/functional/commands/test_status_command.py
+++ b/tests/functional/commands/test_status_command.py
@@ -93,6 +93,35 @@ def test_experiment_wout_success_wout_ac(clean_db, single_without_success, capsy
     assert captured == expected
 
 
+def test_experiment_number_same_list_status(clean_db,
+                                            single_without_success, capsys):
+    """Test status and list command output the consistent number of experiments"""
+    orion.core.cli.main(['status'])
+
+    captured = capsys.readouterr().out
+
+    expected = """\
+test_single_exp-v1
+==================
+status         quantity
+-----------  ----------
+broken                1
+interrupted           1
+new                   1
+reserved              1
+suspended             1
+
+
+"""
+    assert captured == expected
+
+    orion.core.cli.main(['list'])
+
+    captured = capsys.readouterr().out
+
+    assert captured == " test_single_exp-v1\n"
+
+
 def test_experiment_w_trials_wout_ac(clean_db, single_with_trials, capsys):
     """Test status with only one experiment and all trials."""
     orion.core.cli.main(['status'])