diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index cfd806f2..765182ff 100644
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -743,3 +743,20 @@ void print_battery_short(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
 	get_battery_short_status(p, p_max_size, obj->data.s);
 }
 #endif /* !__OpenBSD__ */
+
+void print_to_bytes(struct text_object *obj, char *p, int p_max_size)
+{
+	char buf[max_user_text];
+	long long bytes;
+	char unit[16];	// 16 because we can also have long names (like mega-bytes)
+
+	generate_text_internal(buf, max_user_text, *obj->sub, &info);
+	if(sscanf(buf, "%lli%s", &bytes, unit) == 2 && strlen(unit) < 16){
+		if(strncasecmp("b", unit, 1) == 0) snprintf(buf, max_user_text, "%lli", bytes);
+		else if(strncasecmp("k", unit, 1) == 0) snprintf(buf, max_user_text, "%lli", bytes * 1024);
+		else if(strncasecmp("m", unit, 1) == 0) snprintf(buf, max_user_text, "%lli", bytes * 1024 * 1024);
+		else if(strncasecmp("g", unit, 1) == 0) snprintf(buf, max_user_text, "%lli", bytes * 1024 * 1024 * 1024);
+		else if(strncasecmp("t", unit, 1) == 0) snprintf(buf, max_user_text, "%lli", bytes * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024);
+	}
+	snprintf(p, p_max_size, "%s", buf);
+}
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index a4f86e78..1ea9f26a 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -125,4 +125,6 @@ uint8_t battery_percentage(struct text_object *);
 void print_battery_short(struct text_object *, char *, int);
 #endif /* !__OpenBSD__ */
 
+void print_to_bytes(struct text_object *, char *, int);
+
 #endif /* _COMMON_H */
diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index 47cbcf10..b02e20ab 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -1166,21 +1166,6 @@ void generate_text_internal(char *p, int p_max_size,
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			OBJ(to_bytes) {
-				char buf[max_user_text];
-				long long bytes;
-				char unit[16];	// 16 because we can also have long names (like mega-bytes)
-
-				generate_text_internal(buf, max_user_text, *obj->sub, cur);
-				if(sscanf(buf, "%lli%s", &bytes, unit) == 2 && strlen(unit) < 16){
-					if(strncasecmp("b", unit, 1) == 0) snprintf(buf, max_user_text, "%lli", bytes);
-					else if(strncasecmp("k", unit, 1) == 0) snprintf(buf, max_user_text, "%lli", bytes * 1024);
-					else if(strncasecmp("m", unit, 1) == 0) snprintf(buf, max_user_text, "%lli", bytes * 1024 * 1024);
-					else if(strncasecmp("g", unit, 1) == 0) snprintf(buf, max_user_text, "%lli", bytes * 1024 * 1024 * 1024);
-					else if(strncasecmp("t", unit, 1) == 0) snprintf(buf, max_user_text, "%lli", bytes * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024);
-				}
-				snprintf(p, p_max_size, "%s", buf);
-			}
 			break;
 		}
 #undef DO_JUMP
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index f17669dd..a8749a20 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -1461,6 +1461,7 @@ struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s, const char *arg, long
 	END OBJ_ARG(to_bytes, 0, "to_bytes needs a argument")
 		obj->sub = malloc(sizeof(struct text_object));
 		extract_variable_text_internal(obj->sub, arg);
+		obj->callbacks.print = &print_to_bytes;
 	END OBJ(scroll, 0)
 #ifdef X11
 		/* allocate a follower to reset any color changes */