diff --git a/ocular/src/chain/info.rs b/ocular/src/chain/info.rs
index 634b5070..b3be7f3f 100644
--- a/ocular/src/chain/info.rs
+++ b/ocular/src/chain/info.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ pub struct Apis {
     pub rpc: Vec<Rpc>,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty", default = "Vec::new")]
     pub rest: Vec<Rest>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty", default = "Vec::new")]
     pub grpc: Vec<Grpc>,
 }
 
diff --git a/ocular/src/chain/registry.rs b/ocular/src/chain/registry.rs
index 240336b0..f7b87775 100644
--- a/ocular/src/chain/registry.rs
+++ b/ocular/src/chain/registry.rs
@@ -64,11 +64,21 @@ pub async fn get_chain(name: &str) -> Result<ChainInfo, ChainRegistryError> {
 }
 
 async fn get_content(path: String) -> Result<reqwest::Response, ChainRegistryError> {
-    octocrab::instance()
+    let response = octocrab::instance()
         .repos("cosmos", "chain-registry")
         .raw_file("88bde7fb534ed6f7c26c2073f57ec5135b470f56".to_string(), path)
         .await
-        .map_err(|e| e.into())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+            panic!("executor exited with error: {}", err);
+        });
+
+    let status = response.status();
+
+    if status == 404 {
+        panic!("Chain not found in registry")
+    }
+
+    Ok(response)
 }
 
 async fn parse_json<T>(data: reqwest::Response) -> Result<T, ChainRegistryError>
diff --git a/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains.rs b/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains.rs
index 6c3a4bf8..a7721462 100644
--- a/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains.rs
+++ b/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ use crate::config::OcularCliConfig;
 use abscissa_core::{config, Command, FrameworkError, Runnable};
 use clap::Parser;
 
-use self::list::ListCmd;
-use self::show::ShowCmd;
-use self::show_default::ShowDefaultCmd;
+use self::{add::AddCmd, list::ListCmd, show::ShowCmd, show_default::ShowDefaultCmd};
 
 /// `start` subcommand
 ///
@@ -26,6 +24,7 @@ use self::show_default::ShowDefaultCmd;
 pub enum ChainsCmd {
     Show(ShowCmd),
     List(ListCmd),
+    Add(AddCmd),
     ShowDefault(ShowDefaultCmd),
 }
 
diff --git a/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains/add.rs b/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains/add.rs
index 8b137891..2d57cd24 100644
--- a/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains/add.rs
+++ b/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains/add.rs
@@ -1 +1,72 @@
+use super::show::ShowCmd;
+use crate::{config, prelude::*};
+use abscissa_core::{Command, Runnable};
+use clap::Parser;
+use ocular::chain::{info::ChainInfo, registry};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::{fs, io::Write, path::Path};
 
+#[derive(Command, Debug, Parser)]
+pub struct AddCmd {
+    name: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct Chains {
+    chains: Vec<ChainInfo>,
+}
+
+impl Runnable for AddCmd {
+    /// Add chain to local config file
+    fn run(&self) {
+        // Navigate to file of local config
+        let path = config::get_config_path();
+        let config_file = Path::new(path.to_str().unwrap());
+
+        // Check if chain already exists
+        let chain_content = fs::read_to_string(config_file).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+            status_err!("Can't read config file: {}", err);
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        });
+
+        let chain_name = self.name.as_str();
+
+        abscissa_tokio::run(&APP, async {
+            let chain_info = registry::get_chain(chain_name).await.unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                status_err!("Can't fetch chain from chain registry: {}", err);
+                std::process::exit(1);
+            });
+
+            let mut vec = Vec::new();
+            vec.push(chain_info);
+
+            if !chain_content.contains(chain_name) {
+                // write in the file with fs:write
+                let config_content = Chains { chains: vec };
+                let config_content = toml::ser::to_string(&config_content).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                    status_err!("{}", err);
+                    std::process::exit(1);
+                });
+
+                let mut file = fs::OpenOptions::new()
+                    .append(true)
+                    .open(config_file)
+                    .expect("Could not open file");
+
+                write!(file, "{}", config_content).unwrap();
+                let name = self.name.clone();
+                let show_cmd = ShowCmd { name };
+                show_cmd.run();
+            } else if chain_content.contains(chain_name) {
+                error!(
+                    "The chain {} already exists in the local registry",
+                    chain_name
+                )
+            }
+        })
+        .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+            status_err!("executor exited with error: {}", e);
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains/show.rs b/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains/show.rs
index 33b2c4d1..327ffad1 100644
--- a/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains/show.rs
+++ b/ocular_cli/src/commands/chains/show.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::{collections::HashMap, fs, path::Path, str};
 
 #[derive(Command, Debug, Parser)]
 pub struct ShowCmd {
-    name: String,
+    pub name: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]