diff --git a/libmamba/src/api/list.cpp b/libmamba/src/api/list.cpp
index 7a3eafa921..89f939e4f2 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/api/list.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/api/list.cpp
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@ namespace mamba
     {
         struct list_options
         {
-            bool full_name;
-            bool no_pip;
-            bool reverse;
-            bool explicit_;
-            bool md5;
-            bool canonical;
+            bool full_name = false;
+            bool no_pip = false;
+            bool reverse = false;
+            bool explicit_ = false;
+            bool md5 = false;
+            bool canonical = false;
         };
 
         struct formatted_pkg
         {
-            std::string name, version, build, channel, url, md5, build_string;
+            std::string name, version, build, channel, url, md5, build_string, platform;
         };
 
         bool compare_alphabetically(const formatted_pkg& a, const formatted_pkg& b)
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ namespace mamba
                         obj["channel"] = get_formatted_channel(pkg_info, channels.front());
                         obj["base_url"] = get_base_url(pkg_info, channels.front());
                         obj["url"] = pkg_info.package_url;
+                        obj["md5"] = pkg_info.md5;
                         obj["build_number"] = pkg_info.build_number;
                         obj["build_string"] = pkg_info.build_string;
                         obj["dist_name"] = pkg_info.str();
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ namespace mamba
                         formatted_pkgs.url = package.second.package_url;
                         formatted_pkgs.md5 = package.second.md5;
                         formatted_pkgs.build_string = package.second.build_string;
+                        formatted_pkgs.platform = package.second.platform;
                         packages.push_back(formatted_pkgs);
                     }
                 }
@@ -212,15 +214,13 @@ namespace mamba
                 std::sort(packages.begin(), packages.end(), comparator);
 
                 // format and print output
-                if (options.canonical)
+                if (options.explicit_)
                 {
-                    for (auto p : packages)
+                    if (options.canonical)
                     {
-                        std::cout << p.name << "-" << p.version << "-" << p.build_string << std::endl;
+                        std::cout << "Warning: Option --canonical ignored because of --explicit \n"
+                                  << std::endl;
                     }
-                }
-                else if (options.explicit_)
-                {
                     for (auto p : packages)
                     {
                         if (options.md5)
@@ -233,6 +233,14 @@ namespace mamba
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                else if (options.canonical)
+                {
+                    for (auto p : packages)
+                    {
+                        std::cout << p.channel << "/" << p.platform << "::" << p.name << "-"
+                                  << p.version << "-" << p.build_string << std::endl;
+                    }
+                }
                 else
                 {
                     auto requested_specs = prefix_data.history().get_requested_specs_map();
diff --git a/micromamba/src/list.cpp b/micromamba/src/list.cpp
index f6184a5d5c..9a68ac4aed 100644
--- a/micromamba/src/list.cpp
+++ b/micromamba/src/list.cpp
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ init_list_parser(CLI::App* subcom, Configuration& config)
     );
     subcom->add_flag("--md5", md5.get_cli_config<bool>(), md5.description());
 
-    auto& canonical = config.insert(Configurable("canonical", false)
-                                        .group("cli")
-                                        .description("Output canonical names of packages only."));
+    auto& canonical = config.insert(
+        Configurable("canonical", false)
+            .group("cli")
+            .description("Output canonical names of packages only. Ignored if --explicit.")
+    );
     subcom->add_flag("-c,--canonical", canonical.get_cli_config<bool>(), canonical.description());
 }
 
diff --git a/micromamba/tests/test_list.py b/micromamba/tests/test_list.py
index 20cbd191d3..c6f955d861 100644
--- a/micromamba/tests/test_list.py
+++ b/micromamba/tests/test_list.py
@@ -118,9 +118,10 @@ def test_list_canonical(
 
     outputs_list = res.strip().split("\n")[2:]
     if canonical_flag == "--canonical":
-        items = ["conda-forge", "/", " "]
+        items = ["conda-forge/", "::"]
         for output in outputs_list:
-            assert all(i not in output for i in items)
+            assert all(i in output for i in items)
+            assert " " not in output
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("quiet_flag", ["", "-q", "--quiet"])