diff --git a/i3status.c b/i3status.c
index b96fa1d..1e0e2a5 100644
--- a/i3status.c
+++ b/i3status.c
@@ -802,7 +802,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
             CASE_SEC("load") {
                 SEC_OPEN_MAP("load");
-                print_load(json_gen, buffer, cfg_getstr(sec, "format"), cfg_getstr(sec, "format_above_threshold"), cfg_getfloat(sec, "max_threshold"));
+                load_ctx_t ctx = {
+                    .json_gen = json_gen,
+                    .buf = buffer,
+                    .buflen = sizeof(buffer),
+                    .format = cfg_getstr(sec, "format"),
+                    .format_above_threshold = cfg_getstr(sec, "format_above_threshold"),
+                    .max_threshold = cfg_getfloat(sec, "max_threshold"),
+                };
+                print_load(&ctx);
                 SEC_CLOSE_MAP;
             }
 
diff --git a/include/i3status.h b/include/i3status.h
index ff869ff..614e499 100644
--- a/include/i3status.h
+++ b/include/i3status.h
@@ -350,7 +350,17 @@ typedef struct {
 
 void print_eth_info(eth_info_ctx_t *ctx);
 
-void print_load(yajl_gen json_gen, char *buffer, const char *format, const char *format_above_threshold, const float max_threshold);
+typedef struct {
+    yajl_gen json_gen;
+    char *buf;
+    const size_t buflen;
+    const char *format;
+    const char *format_above_threshold;
+    const float max_threshold;
+} load_ctx_t;
+
+void print_load(load_ctx_t *ctx);
+
 void print_memory(yajl_gen json_gen, char *buffer, const char *format, const char *format_degraded, const char *threshold_degraded, const char *threshold_critical, const char *memory_used_method, const char *unit, const int decimals);
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/src/print_load.c b/src/print_load.c
index 322aa7d..911779c 100644
--- a/src/print_load.c
+++ b/src/print_load.c
@@ -11,23 +11,24 @@
 
 #define STRING_SIZE 10
 
-void print_load(yajl_gen json_gen, char *buffer, const char *format, const char *format_above_threshold, const float max_threshold) {
-    char *outwalk = buffer;
-    /* Get load */
+void print_load(load_ctx_t *ctx) {
+    char *outwalk = ctx->buf;
+/* Get load */
+#define json_gen ctx->json_gen
 
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) || defined(__linux__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(sun) || defined(__DragonFly__)
     double loadavg[3];
-    const char *selected_format = format;
+    const char *selected_format = ctx->format;
     bool colorful_output = false;
 
     if (getloadavg(loadavg, 3) == -1)
         goto error;
 
-    if (loadavg[0] >= max_threshold) {
+    if (loadavg[0] >= ctx->max_threshold) {
         START_COLOR("color_bad");
         colorful_output = true;
-        if (format_above_threshold != NULL)
-            selected_format = format_above_threshold;
+        if (ctx->format_above_threshold != NULL)
+            selected_format = ctx->format_above_threshold;
     }
 
     char string_loadavg_1[STRING_SIZE];
@@ -44,14 +45,15 @@ void print_load(yajl_gen json_gen, char *buffer, const char *format, const char
         {.name = "%15min", .value = string_loadavg_15}};
 
     const size_t num = sizeof(placeholders) / sizeof(placeholder_t);
-    buffer = format_placeholders(selected_format, &placeholders[0], num);
+    char *formatted = format_placeholders(selected_format, &placeholders[0], num);
+    OUTPUT_FORMATTED;
+    free(formatted);
 
     if (colorful_output)
         END_COLOR;
 
     *outwalk = '\0';
-    OUTPUT_FULL_TEXT(buffer);
-    free(buffer);
+    OUTPUT_FULL_TEXT(ctx->buf);
 
     return;
 error: