diff --git a/include/corrupter.h b/include/corrupter.h
index c4dcfd1..4061c5d 100644
--- a/include/corrupter.h
+++ b/include/corrupter.h
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ typedef struct _corrupter_result Corrupter_Result;
 #define FLIP_BIT(x, n) ((x) ^ (1 << (n)))
 
 /* functions definitions */
-Corrupter_Result* corrupt_file(Corrupter_Param* param);
+Corrupter_Result corrupt_file(Corrupter_Param* param);
 
 #endif /* _CORRUPTER_H */
diff --git a/src/corrupter.c b/src/corrupter.c
index abddec5..c32e6c4 100644
--- a/src/corrupter.c
+++ b/src/corrupter.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ enum Interoperation_Result {
     Corrupter_Param* param, Corrupter_Result* result, FILE* file,             \
     file_offset_t i
 #define Interoperation_Share_Vars                                             \
-    param,                  result,                   file,                   \
+    param,                  &result,                  file,                   \
     i
 
 /* macros: lambdas */
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ enum Interoperation_Result {
     if (corrupt_byte(Interoperation_Share_Vars) == INTEROPERATION_ERROR) {    \
         PERROR_MACRO("corrupt_byte");                                         \
                                                                               \
-        result->error = true;                                                 \
+        result.error = true;                                                  \
         return result;                                                        \
     }
 
@@ -95,11 +95,12 @@ enum Interoperation_Result corrupt_byte(Interoperation_Input_Vars) {
 	return INTEROPERATION_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-Corrupter_Result* corrupt_file(Corrupter_Param* param) {
-	Corrupter_Result* result = malloc(sizeof(Corrupter_Result));
-
-	if (result == NULL)
-		return NULL;
+Corrupter_Result corrupt_file(Corrupter_Param* param) {
+	Corrupter_Result result = {
+		.error = false,
+		.file_size = 0 /* undefined */,
+		.damaged_bytes = 0,
+	};
 
 	// copy and cast parameters
 	FILE* file = param->file;
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ Corrupter_Result* corrupt_file(Corrupter_Param* param) {
 	if (FSEEK_MACRO(file, FILE_OFFSET_C(0), SEEK_SET) != 0 ||
 	    FTELL_MACRO(file) != 0) {
 		errno = ESPIPE;
-		result->error = true;
+		result.error = true;
 		return result;
 	}
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ Corrupter_Result* corrupt_file(Corrupter_Param* param) {
 		if (boundaries.invalid_file) {
 			ERROR_MSG(failed_function, "Invalid file");
 
-			result->error = true;
+			result.error = true;
 			return result;
 		}
 
@@ -146,8 +147,7 @@ Corrupter_Result* corrupt_file(Corrupter_Param* param) {
 	}
 
 	// output data to result
-	result->file_size = end - start;
-	result->damaged_bytes = 0;
+	result.file_size = end - start;
 
 	// initialize the PRNG
 	mt_seed(param->seed);
@@ -166,7 +166,5 @@ Corrupter_Result* corrupt_file(Corrupter_Param* param) {
 		puts(" [OK]");
 	}
 
-	result->error = false;
-
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 48fd6d3..d6552b8 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -400,16 +400,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 		.type = file_type
 	};
 
-	Corrupter_Result* result = corrupt_file(&param);
+	Corrupter_Result result = corrupt_file(&param);
 
-	if (result == NULL) {
-		PERROR_MACRO("corrupt_file memory allocation");
-
-		fclose(file);
-
-		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	} else if (result->error) {
-		free(result);
+	if (result.error) {
 		fclose(file);
 
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
@@ -417,8 +410,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
 	putchar('\n');
 
-	if (result->damaged_bytes) {
-		size_t dmg = result->damaged_bytes, fsize = result->file_size,
+	if (result.damaged_bytes) {
+		size_t dmg = result.damaged_bytes, fsize = result.file_size,
 		       passes = param.passes;
 		printf("Byte hit counter: %" PRIuMAX " / %" PRIuMAX " = %.3Lf%%\n",
 		       (uintmax_t) dmg,
@@ -427,8 +420,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	} else
 		puts("No bytes were damaged");
 
-	free(result);
-
 	// finish working with the file
 	fclose(file);