diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bdb051c09..a19aaf170 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: black
         args: [--line-length=79]
-  - repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
+  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: 3.9.2
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
diff --git a/dynaconf/cli.py b/dynaconf/cli.py
index 1490f3787..8b8ab5d53 100644
--- a/dynaconf/cli.py
+++ b/dynaconf/cli.py
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 
 os.environ["PYTHONIOENCODING"] = "utf-8"
 
-CWD = Path.cwd()
+CWD = None
+try:
+    CWD = Path.cwd()
+except FileNotFoundError:
+    pass
 EXTS = ["ini", "toml", "yaml", "json", "py", "env"]
 WRITERS = ["ini", "toml", "yaml", "json", "py", "redis", "vault", "env"]
 
@@ -116,6 +120,8 @@ def import_settings(dotted_path):
         module = importlib.import_module(module)
     except ImportError as e:
         raise click.UsageError(e)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return
     try:
         return getattr(module, name)
     except AttributeError as e:
diff --git a/dynaconf/loaders/env_loader.py b/dynaconf/loaders/env_loader.py
index 04050e4a5..779e9a4f6 100644
--- a/dynaconf/loaders/env_loader.py
+++ b/dynaconf/loaders/env_loader.py
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@
 from dynaconf.utils import missing
 from dynaconf.utils import upperfy
 from dynaconf.utils.parse_conf import parse_conf_data
-from dynaconf.vendor.dotenv import cli as dotenv_cli
+
+DOTENV_IMPORTED = False
+try:
+    from dynaconf.vendor.dotenv import cli as dotenv_cli
+
+    DOTENV_IMPORTED = True
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+except FileNotFoundError:
+    pass
 
 
 IDENTIFIER = "env"
@@ -84,6 +93,8 @@ def load_from_env(
 
 def write(settings_path, settings_data, **kwargs):
     """Write data to .env file"""
+    if not DOTENV_IMPORTED:
+        return
     for key, value in settings_data.items():
         quote_mode = (
             isinstance(value, str)
diff --git a/dynaconf/utils/files.py b/dynaconf/utils/files.py
index 135880ac9..ec6fbd851 100644
--- a/dynaconf/utils/files.py
+++ b/dynaconf/utils/files.py
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ def find_file(filename=".env", project_root=None, skip_files=None, **kwargs):
     additional `./config` folder.
     """
     search_tree = []
-    work_dir = os.getcwd()
+    try:
+        work_dir = os.getcwd()
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return ""
     skip_files = skip_files or []
 
     # If filename is an absolute path and exists, just return it
diff --git a/tests_functional/missing_pwd/test.sh b/tests_functional/missing_pwd/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..457d1da71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_functional/missing_pwd/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf /tmp/foobar
+mkdir -p /tmp/foobar
+cd /tmp/foobar
+rm -rf /tmp/foobar
+
+dynaconf -i config.settings list
+RC=$?
+exit $RC
diff --git a/tests_functional/runtests.py b/tests_functional/runtests.py
index 29449cfc0..9b22da802 100755
--- a/tests_functional/runtests.py
+++ b/tests_functional/runtests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import argparse
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -65,22 +66,34 @@ def execute_tests(path):
     return False
 
 
-def run_tests():
+def run_tests(show_list=False, test_filter=None):
+    def filter_allowed(testpath):
+        if not test_filter:
+            return True
+        for keyword in test_filter:
+            if keyword in testpath.name:
+                return True
+        return False
+
     passed = 0
     root_directory = Path(__file__).parent
     print("Workdir:", root_directory.absolute())
     functional_tests = sorted(list(root_directory.iterdir()))
     print("Collected functional tests:", len(functional_tests))
     sleep(1)
+
     for path in functional_tests:
         if path.is_dir():
             if path.name in [".", "__pycache__"]:
                 continue
 
-            if execute_tests(path):
-                passed += 1
-                print(f"Passed {path}")
-                continue
+            if show_list:
+                print(path)
+            else:
+                if filter_allowed(path) and execute_tests(path):
+                    passed += 1
+                    print(f"Passed {path}")
+                    continue
 
             # Now Subdirectories one level
             subdirs = sorted(list(path.iterdir()))
@@ -89,10 +102,13 @@ def run_tests():
                     if subdir.name in [".", "__pycache__"]:
                         continue
 
-                    if execute_tests(subdir):
-                        passed += 1
-                        print(f"Passed {subdir}")
-                        continue
+                    if show_list:
+                        print(subdir)
+                    else:
+                        if filter_allowed(subdir) and execute_tests(subdir):
+                            passed += 1
+                            print(f"Passed {subdir}")
+                            continue
 
             if not subdirs:
                 exit(
@@ -100,10 +116,25 @@ def run_tests():
                     "Makefile, test.sh, app.py, test.py, program.py"
                 )
 
-    print("-" * 40)
-    print(f"{passed} functional tests passed")
-    print("-" * 40)
+    if not show_list:
+        print("-" * 40)
+        print(f"{passed} functional tests passed")
+        print("-" * 40)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    run_tests()
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--list",
+        dest="show_list",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="List all available tests (do not execute)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--filter",
+        dest="test_filter",
+        action="append",
+        help="limt tests to those that contain a substring",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    run_tests(show_list=args.show_list, test_filter=args.test_filter)
diff --git a/tests_functional/skipfile.toml b/tests_functional/skipfile.toml
index 113a76a2b..ca55430aa 100644
--- a/tests_functional/skipfile.toml
+++ b/tests_functional/skipfile.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ nt = [
     "449_django_lazy_path",
     "685_disable_dotted_lookup",
     "741_envvars_ignored",
+    "missing_pwd",
 ]