diff --git a/module/move/willbe/src/command/list.rs b/module/move/willbe/src/command/list.rs
index f88a15fa5d..e0a054286e 100644
--- a/module/move/willbe/src/command/list.rs
+++ b/module/move/willbe/src/command/list.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,21 @@ mod private
       return Err( err!( format!( "Unknown option 'type:{}'", list_type ) ) );
     }
 
-    endpoint::workspace_list( path_to_workspace, root_crate, list_type ).context( "workspace list command" )
+    match endpoint::workspace_list( path_to_workspace, root_crate, list_type )
+    {
+      core::result::Result::Ok( report ) =>
+      {
+        println!( "{report} ");
+      }
+      Err(( report, e )) =>
+      {
+        eprintln!( "{report}" );
+
+        return Err( e.context( "workspace list command" ) );
+      }
+    }
+
+    Ok( () )
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/module/move/willbe/src/endpoint/list.rs b/module/move/willbe/src/endpoint/list.rs
index e57cdea6dd..a31516cb97 100644
--- a/module/move/willbe/src/endpoint/list.rs
+++ b/module/move/willbe/src/endpoint/list.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /// Internal namespace.
 mod private
 {
-  use core::fmt::Formatter;
+  use std::fmt::Formatter;
   use crate::package::functions as package;
   use crate::manifest;
 
@@ -81,18 +81,74 @@ mod private
     Ok( report )
   }
 
+  #[ derive( Debug, Default, Clone ) ]
+  pub enum WorkspaceListReport
+  {
+    Tree
+    {
+      graph : petgraph::Graph< String, String >,
+      names : Vec< petgraph::stable_graph::NodeIndex >,
+    },
+    List( Vec< String > ),
+    #[ default ]
+    Empty
+  }
+
+  /// Wrapper to redirect output from `ptree` graph to `fmt::Write`
+  struct Io2FmtWrite< 'a, 'b >
+  {
+    f : &'a mut Formatter< 'b >,
+  }
+
+  impl std::io::Write for Io2FmtWrite< '_, '_ >
+  {
+    fn write( &mut self, buf : &[ u8 ] ) -> std::io::Result< usize >
+    {
+      let size = buf.len();
+
+      self.f.write_str( std::str::from_utf8( buf ).unwrap() ).unwrap();
+
+      Ok( size )
+    }
+
+    fn flush( &mut self ) -> std::io::Result< () >
+    {
+      Ok( () )
+    }
+  }
+
+  impl std::fmt::Display for WorkspaceListReport
+  {
+    fn fmt( &self, f : &mut Formatter< '_ > ) -> std::fmt::Result
+    {
+      match self
+      {
+        WorkspaceListReport::Tree { graph, names } => for n in names
+        {
+          ptree::graph::write_graph_with(&graph, *n, Io2FmtWrite { f }, &ptree::PrintConfig::from_env() ).unwrap();
+        },
+        WorkspaceListReport::List ( list ) => for ( i ,e ) in list.iter().enumerate() { writeln!( f, "{i}) {e}" )? },
+        _ => {},
+      }
+
+      Ok( () )
+    }
+  }
+
   ///
   /// List workspace packages.
   ///
-
-  pub fn workspace_list( path_to_workspace : PathBuf, root_crate : &str, list_type : &str ) -> Result< (), Error >
+  pub fn workspace_list( path_to_workspace : PathBuf, root_crate : &str, list_type : &str ) -> Result< WorkspaceListReport, ( WorkspaceListReport, Error ) >
   {
+    let mut report = WorkspaceListReport::default();
+
     let mut manifest = Manifest::new();
-    let manifest_path = manifest.manifest_path_from_str( &path_to_workspace )?;
+    let manifest_path = manifest.manifest_path_from_str( &path_to_workspace ).map_err( | e | ( report.clone(), e.into() ) )?;
     let package_metadata = MetadataCommand::new()
     .manifest_path( &manifest_path )
     .no_deps()
-    .exec()?;
+    .exec()
+    .map_err( | e | ( report.clone(), e.into() ) )?;
 
     let packages_map = package::filter( &package_metadata );
     let graph = package::graph_build( &packages_map );
@@ -110,14 +166,17 @@ mod private
             names.push( *node );
           }
         }
-        names.iter().for_each( | n | ptree::graph::print_graph( &graph, *n ).unwrap() );
+
+        report = WorkspaceListReport::Tree { graph : graph.map( | _, &n | String::from( n ), | _, &e | String::from( e ) ), names };
       }
       else
       {
-        sorted
+        let names = sorted
         .iter()
         .filter_map( | idx | if graph.node_weight( *idx ).unwrap() == &root_crate { Some( *idx ) } else { None } )
-        .for_each( | e | ptree::graph::print_graph( &graph, e ).unwrap() );
+        .collect::< Vec< _ > >();
+
+        report = WorkspaceListReport::Tree { graph : graph.map( | _, &n | String::from( n ), | _, &e | String::from( e ) ), names };
       }
     }
     else
@@ -128,10 +187,10 @@ mod private
       .map( | dep_idx | graph.node_weight( *dep_idx ).unwrap().to_string() )
       .collect::< Vec< String > >();
 
-      names.iter().enumerate().for_each( | ( i, e ) | println!( "{i}) {e}" ) );
+      report = WorkspaceListReport::List( names );
     }
 
-    Ok( () )
+    Ok( report )
   }
 }