diff --git a/etherdump/commands/common.py b/etherdump/commands/common.py
index e8907ed..eadd28d 100644
--- a/etherdump/commands/common.py
+++ b/etherdump/commands/common.py
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ def getjson (url, max_retry=3, retry_sleep_time=0.5):
             if rurl != url:
                 ret["_url"] = rurl
             return ret
+        except ValueError as e:
+            url = "http://localhost" + url
         except HTTPError as e:
             print ("HTTPError {0}".format(e), file=sys.stderr)
             ret["_code"] = e.code
diff --git a/etherdump/commands/list.py b/etherdump/commands/list.py
index 5edce33..1344686 100644
--- a/etherdump/commands/list.py
+++ b/etherdump/commands/list.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from argparse import ArgumentParser
 import json
 from urllib import urlencode
 from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
+from common import getjson
 
 def main (args):
     p = ArgumentParser("call listAllPads and print the results")
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ def main (args):
     if args.showurl:
         print requesturl
     else:
-        results = json.load(urlopen(requesturl))['data']['padIDs']
+        results = getjson(urlopen(requesturl))['data']['padIDs']
         if args.format == "json":
             print json.dumps(results)
         else: