diff --git a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/remote.rs b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/remote.rs
index 74b15c5faf5..345a12677e9 100644
--- a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/remote.rs
+++ b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/remote.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,30 @@
 #[cfg(any(feature = "blocking-client", feature = "async-client"))]
 mod net {
     use crate::OutputFormat;
-    use anyhow::{bail, Context};
+    use anyhow::bail;
     use git_repository as git;
     use git_repository::protocol::fetch;
 
+    pub mod refs {
+        use crate::OutputFormat;
+
+        pub struct Context {
+            pub format: OutputFormat,
+            pub name: Option<String>,
+            pub url: Option<git_repository::Url>,
+        }
+    }
+
     #[git::protocol::maybe_async::maybe_async]
-    pub async fn refs(
+    pub async fn refs_fn(
         repo: git::Repository,
-        name: Option<&str>,
-        url: Option<git::Url>,
-        format: OutputFormat,
         mut progress: impl git::Progress,
         out: impl std::io::Write,
+        refs::Context { format, name, url }: refs::Context,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        use anyhow::Context;
         let remote = match (name, url) {
-            (Some(name), None) => repo.find_remote(name)?,
+            (Some(name), None) => repo.find_remote(&name)?,
             (None, None) => repo
                 .head()?
                 .into_remote(git::remote::Direction::Fetch)
@@ -101,4 +110,4 @@ mod net {
     }
 }
 #[cfg(any(feature = "blocking-client", feature = "async-client"))]
-pub use net::refs;
+pub use net::{refs, refs_fn as refs};
diff --git a/src/plumbing/main.rs b/src/plumbing/main.rs
index d71a797b647..11df5cf6664 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/main.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/main.rs
@@ -106,11 +106,9 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
                         move |progress, out, _err| {
                             core::repository::remote::refs(
                                 repository(Mode::Lenient)?,
-                                name.as_deref(),
-                                url,
-                                format,
                                 progress,
                                 out,
+                                core::repository::remote::refs::Context { name, url, format },
                             )
                         },
                     )
@@ -121,11 +119,9 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
                         async_util::prepare(verbose, "remote-refs", Some(core::remote::refs::PROGRESS_RANGE));
                     futures_lite::future::block_on(core::repository::remote::refs(
                         repository(Mode::Lenient)?,
-                        name.as_deref(),
-                        url,
-                        format,
                         progress,
                         std::io::stdout(),
+                        core::repository::remote::refs::Context { name, url, format },
                     ))
                 }
             }