diff --git a/src/terminal.c b/src/terminal.c
index 638cae011..cafccd235 100644
--- a/src/terminal.c
+++ b/src/terminal.c
@@ -906,7 +906,10 @@ void status_display_status_json (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
    /**
    * build status in json
    */
-  
+
+  status_status_destroy (hashcat_ctx, hashcat_status);
+
+  hcfree (hashcat_status);
 }
 
 
@@ -1610,7 +1613,10 @@ void status_speed_json (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
    /**
    * build status speed in json
    */
-  
+
+  status_status_destroy (hashcat_ctx, hashcat_status);
+
+  hcfree (hashcat_status);
 }
 
 void status_speed (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
@@ -1713,7 +1719,10 @@ void status_progress_json (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
    /**
    * build status progress in json
    */
-  
+
+  status_status_destroy (hashcat_ctx, hashcat_status);
+
+  hcfree (hashcat_status);
 }
 
 void status_progress (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
diff --git a/src/usage.c b/src/usage.c
index bc4ba0d02..cf17c12e1 100644
--- a/src/usage.c
+++ b/src/usage.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static const char *const USAGE_BIG_PRE_HASHMODES[] =
   "     --hex-wordlist             |      | Assume words in wordlist are given in hex            |",
   "     --force                    |      | Ignore warnings                                      |",
   "     --status                   |      | Enable automatic update of the status screen         |",
+  "     --status-json              |      | Enable JSON format for status ouput                  |",
   "     --status-timer             | Num  | Sets seconds between status screen updates to X      | --status-timer=1",
   "     --stdin-timeout-abort      | Num  | Abort if there is no input from stdin for X seconds  | --stdin-timeout-abort=300",
   "     --machine-readable         |      | Display the status view in a machine-readable format |",