diff --git a/cli/cmd/root.go b/cli/cmd/root.go
index ba781225..9761c5a6 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/root.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/cli/controller"
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/cli/ui"
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/domain"
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/texts"
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -219,16 +217,12 @@ Please check the following rules when naming projects, stages and functions:
 			ui.Info("You can create new project with 'mantil new'.")
 			return
 		}
-		ui.Info("")
-		ui.Info("Current projects with active stages:")
-		table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
-		table.SetHeader([]string{"name", "path"})
-		table.SetBorders(tablewriter.Border{Left: true, Top: false, Right: true, Bottom: false})
-		table.SetCenterSeparator("|")
+		ui.Info("\nCurrent projects with active stages:")
+		var data [][]string
 		for _, p := range store.Workspace().Projects {
-			table.Append([]string{p.Name, p.Path})
+			data = append(data, []string{p.Name, p.Path})
 		}
-		table.Render()
+		controller.ShowTable([]string{"name", "path"}, data)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/cli/controller/aws.go b/cli/controller/aws.go
index cb1f292f..3a5fbc47 100644
--- a/cli/controller/aws.go
+++ b/cli/controller/aws.go
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package controller
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/cli/log"
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/cli/ui"
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/domain"
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 )
 
 func Nodes() error {
@@ -15,19 +13,14 @@ func Nodes() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return log.Wrap(err)
 	}
-
 	if len(fs.Workspace().Nodes) == 0 {
 		return log.Wrap(&domain.WorkspaceNoNodesError{})
 	}
-
-	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
-	table.SetHeader([]string{"name", "AWS Account", "AWS Region", "ID"})
-	table.SetBorders(tablewriter.Border{Left: true, Top: false, Right: true, Bottom: false})
-	table.SetCenterSeparator("|")
+	var data [][]string
 	for _, n := range fs.Workspace().Nodes {
-		table.Append([]string{n.Name, n.AccountID, n.Region, n.ID})
+		data = append(data, []string{n.Name, n.AccountID, n.Region, n.ID})
 	}
-	table.Render()
+	ShowTable([]string{"name", "AWS Account", "AWS Region", "ID"}, data)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +103,7 @@ func (a *AwsResources) showResourcesTable(rs []domain.AwsResource) {
 	for _, rs := range rs {
 		data = append(data, []string{rs.Name, rs.Type, rs.AWSName, rs.LogGroup()})
 	}
-	showTable([]string{"name", "type", "AWS resource name", "cloudwatch log group"}, data)
+	ShowTable([]string{"name", "type", "AWS resource name", "cloudwatch log group"}, data)
 }
 
 func (a *AwsResources) showTagsTable(tgs map[string]string) {
@@ -121,7 +114,7 @@ func (a *AwsResources) showTagsTable(tgs map[string]string) {
 	sort.Slice(tags, func(i, j int) bool {
 		return tags[i][0] < tags[j][0]
 	})
-	showTable([]string{"key", "value"}, tags)
+	ShowTable([]string{"key", "value"}, tags)
 }
 
 func (a *AwsResources) node(n *domain.Node) {
@@ -131,14 +124,3 @@ func (a *AwsResources) node(n *domain.Node) {
 	ui.Info("Tags:")
 	a.showTagsTable(n.ResourceTags())
 }
-
-func showTable(header []string, data [][]string) {
-	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
-	table.SetHeader(header)
-	table.SetBorders(tablewriter.Border{Left: true, Top: false, Right: true, Bottom: false})
-	table.SetCenterSeparator("|")
-	for _, row := range data {
-		table.Append(row)
-	}
-	table.Render()
-}
diff --git a/cli/controller/controller.go b/cli/controller/controller.go
index 0e90e159..16ac6ca5 100644
--- a/cli/controller/controller.go
+++ b/cli/controller/controller.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/cli/ui"
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/domain"
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/node/dto"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 )
 
 // package defers
@@ -178,3 +180,14 @@ func timerFn() func() int {
 		return dur
 	}
 }
+
+func ShowTable(header []string, data [][]string) {
+	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
+	table.SetHeader(header)
+	table.SetBorders(tablewriter.Border{Left: true, Top: false, Right: true, Bottom: false})
+	table.SetCenterSeparator("|")
+	for _, row := range data {
+		table.Append(row)
+	}
+	table.Render()
+}
diff --git a/cli/controller/stage.go b/cli/controller/stage.go
index da01f2c5..080c089f 100644
--- a/cli/controller/stage.go
+++ b/cli/controller/stage.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package controller
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/manifoldco/promptui"
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/cli/ui"
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/domain"
 	"github.com/mantil-io/mantil/node/dto"
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 )
 
 const DestroyHTTPMethod = "destroy"
@@ -262,20 +260,16 @@ func (s *Stage) destroyRequest(stage *domain.Stage) error {
 func (s *Stage) List() error {
 	if len(s.project.Stages) == 0 {
 		return log.Wrap(&domain.ProjectNoStagesError{})
-		return nil
 	}
-	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
-	table.SetHeader([]string{"default", "name", "node", "endpoint"})
-	table.SetBorders(tablewriter.Border{Left: true, Top: false, Right: true, Bottom: false})
-	table.SetCenterSeparator("|")
+	var data [][]string
 	for _, ps := range s.project.Stages {
 		def := " "
 		if ps.Default {
 			def = "*"
 		}
-		table.Append([]string{def, ps.Name, ps.NodeName, ps.Endpoints.Rest})
+		data = append(data, []string{def, ps.Name, ps.NodeName, ps.Endpoints.Rest})
 	}
-	table.Render()
+	ShowTable([]string{"default", "name", "node", "endpoint"}, data)
 	return nil
 }