Organizers of a major election reform movement in Malaysia have agreed to move their rally to a stadium instead of marching through the streets. The agreement, which came during a meeting with Malaysia’s king on Tuesday, could help defuse political tensions that have been mounting following the arrests of more than 200 political activists in recent weeks.

Malaysia’s constitutional monarch, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, met with leaders of Bersih, an electoral reform coalition that includes members of political opposition parties, to try to prevent a confrontation between the group and police.