diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/cmd/ListCommand.java b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/cmd/ListCommand.java
index 0dcbaadb..23af238e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/cmd/ListCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/cmd/ListCommand.java
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 import org.ballerinalang.command.util.Channel;
 import org.ballerinalang.command.util.Distribution;
 import org.ballerinalang.command.util.ErrorUtil;
+import org.ballerinalang.command.util.OSUtils;
 import org.ballerinalang.command.util.ToolUtil;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
  */
 @CommandLine.Command(name = "list", description = "List Ballerina Distributions")
 public class ListCommand extends Command implements BCommand {
-    private static final String LOCAL_DISTRIBUTIONS_FILE = "local-dists.json";
-
     @CommandLine.Parameters(description = "Command name")
     private List<String> listCommands;
 
@@ -166,10 +164,11 @@ private static String markVersion(String used, String current) {
      */
     private static void writeLocalDistsIntoJson(List<String> installedVersions) throws IOException {
         FileWriter writer;
+        String distListPath = OSUtils.getBallerinaDistListFilePath();
         try {
-            writer = new FileWriter(LOCAL_DISTRIBUTIONS_FILE);
+            writer = new FileWriter(distListPath);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw ErrorUtil.createCommandException("cannot write into " + LOCAL_DISTRIBUTIONS_FILE + " file.");
+            throw ErrorUtil.createCommandException("cannot write into " + distListPath + " file: " + e.getMessage());
         }
         for(String str: installedVersions) {
             writer.write(str + System.lineSeparator());
@@ -186,17 +185,15 @@ private static void writeLocalDistsIntoJson(List<String> installedVersions) thro
     private static void readLocalDistsFromJson(PrintStream outStream, String currentBallerinaVersion) {
         BufferedReader reader;
         try {
-            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(LOCAL_DISTRIBUTIONS_FILE));
+            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(OSUtils.getBallerinaDistListFilePath()));
             String line;
             while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                 outStream.println(markVersion(currentBallerinaVersion, line) + "  " + ToolUtil.getTypeName(line));
             }
             outStream.println("\n");
             reader.close();
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException) {
-            throw ErrorUtil.createCommandException("cannot find " + LOCAL_DISTRIBUTIONS_FILE + " file.");
-        } catch (IOException ioException) {
-            throw ErrorUtil.createCommandException("cannot read " + LOCAL_DISTRIBUTIONS_FILE + " file.");
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw ErrorUtil.createCommandException("failed to read the file: " + e.getMessage());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java
index 7c86e6cf..88e6c48a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ballerinalang/command/util/OSUtils.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@ public class OSUtils {
     private static final String OS = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault());
     private static final String BALLERINA_HOME_DIR = ".ballerina";
     private static final String BALLERINA_CONFIG = "ballerina-version";
+    public static final String BALLERINA_LIST_JSON = "local-dists.json";
     private static final String UPDATE_NOTICE = "command-notice";
     private static final String BIR_CACHE = "bir_cache";
     private static final String JAR_CACHE = "jar_cache";
@@ -99,6 +98,19 @@ public static String getBallerinaVersionFilePath() throws IOException {
                 + BALLERINA_HOME_DIR + File.separator + BALLERINA_CONFIG;
     }
 
+    public static String getBallerinaDistListFilePath() throws IOException {
+        String userHome = getUserHome();
+        File file = new File(userHome + File.separator
+                + BALLERINA_HOME_DIR + File.separator + BALLERINA_LIST_JSON);
+
+        if (!file.exists()) {
+            file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+            file.createNewFile();
+        }
+        return getUserHome() + File.separator
+                + BALLERINA_HOME_DIR + File.separator + BALLERINA_LIST_JSON;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Provide configuration file path of the installation.
      * @return path to the file