diff --git a/cmd/kubectx/list.go b/cmd/kubectx/list.go
index b6cac6f..e097e49 100644
--- a/cmd/kubectx/list.go
+++ b/cmd/kubectx/list.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"facette.io/natsort"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
+	"github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/internal/cmdutil"
 	"github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/internal/kubeconfig"
 	"github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/internal/printer"
 )
@@ -18,10 +19,18 @@ func (_ ListOp) Run(stdout, stderr io.Writer) error {
 	kc := new(kubeconfig.Kubeconfig).WithLoader(kubeconfig.DefaultLoader)
 	defer kc.Close()
 	if err := kc.Parse(); err != nil {
+		if cmdutil.IsNotFoundErr(err) {
+			printer.Warning(stderr, "kubeconfig file not found")
+			return nil
+		}
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "kubeconfig error")
 	}
 
 	ctxs := kc.ContextNames()
+	if ctxs == nil {
+		err := printer.Warning(stderr, "No kubectl context found")
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "kubeconfig error")
+	}
 	natsort.Sort(ctxs)
 
 	cur := kc.GetCurrentContext()