diff --git a/papers/commands/helpers.py b/papers/commands/helpers.py
index c857fd3..33988b4 100644
--- a/papers/commands/helpers.py
+++ b/papers/commands/helpers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from .. import files
 from .. import color
+from .. import pretty
 from ..repo import InvalidReference
 from ..paper import NoDocumentFile
 
@@ -51,3 +52,16 @@ def parse_reference(ui, rp, ref):
 def parse_references(ui, rp, refs):
     citekeys = [parse_reference(ui, rp, ref) for ref in refs]
     return citekeys
+
+def paper_oneliner(p, n = 0, citekey_only = False):
+    if citekey_only:
+        return p.citekey
+    else:
+        bibdesc = pretty.bib_oneliner(p.bibentry)
+        return (u'{num:d}: [{citekey}] {descr} {tags}'.format(
+            num=int(n),
+            citekey=color.dye(p.citekey, color.purple),
+            descr=bibdesc,
+            tags=color.dye(' '.join(p.tags),
+                           color.purple, bold=True),
+            )).encode('utf-8')
diff --git a/papers/commands/list_cmd.py b/papers/commands/list_cmd.py
index 57f0e16..badaef3 100644
--- a/papers/commands/list_cmd.py
+++ b/papers/commands/list_cmd.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from .. import pretty
 from .. import repo
 from .. import color
+from . import helpers
 
 
 def parser(subparsers, config):
@@ -17,20 +18,22 @@ def command(config, ui, citekeys, query):
     rp = repo.Repository.from_directory(config)
     papers = [(n, p) for n, p in enumerate(rp.all_papers())
               if test_paper(query, p)]
-    if citekeys:
-        paper_strings = [p.citekey for n, p in papers]
-    else:
-        paper_strings = []
-        for n, p in papers:
-            bibdesc = pretty.bib_oneliner(p.bibentry)
-            paper_strings.append((u'{num:d}: [{citekey}] {descr} {tags}'.format(
-                num=int(n),
-                citekey=color.dye(p.citekey, color.purple),
-                descr=bibdesc,
-                tags=color.dye(' '.join(p.tags),
-                               color.purple, bold=True),
-                )).encode('utf-8'))
-    ui.print_('\n'.join(paper_strings))
+    # if citekeys:
+    #     paper_strings = [p.citekey for n, p in papers]
+    # else:
+    #     paper_strings = []
+    #     print p.tags
+    #     print color.dye(' '.join(p.tags), color.purple)
+    #     for n, p in papers:
+    #         bibdesc = pretty.bib_oneliner(p.bibentry)
+    #         paper_strings.append((u'{num:d}: [{citekey}] {descr} {tags}'.format(
+    #             num=int(n),
+    #             citekey=color.dye(p.citekey, color.purple),
+    #             descr=bibdesc,
+    #             tags=color.dye(' '.join(p.tags),
+    #                            color.purple, bold=True),
+    #             )).encode('utf-8'))
+    ui.print_('\n'.join(helpers.paper_oneliner(p, n = n, citekey_only = citekeys) for n, p in papers))
 
 
 # TODO author is not implemented, should we do it by last name only or more