diff --git a/graphql_query.py b/graphql_query.py
index 65610ce..c53f10e 100644
--- a/graphql_query.py
+++ b/graphql_query.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # in a later version we can replace the 2015 date with user input
 while current_year >= 2015:
 
-    TEMP_QUERY = f"""
+    temp_query = f"""
                     {"_" + str(current_year)}: contributionsCollection(from: "{str(current_year)}-01-01T00:00:00") {{
                         contributionCalendar {{
                             totalContributions
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
                     }}
                 """
 
-    contribution_list.append(TEMP_QUERY)
+    contribution_list.append(temp_query)
     current_year -= 1
 
-QUERY = f"""
+REQUEST_QUERY = f"""
             {{
                 user(login: "{getenv("INPUT_GITHUB_USERNAME")}") {{
                     {linesep.join(contribution_list)}
diff --git a/readme_level.py b/readme_level.py
index 48a9a06..81f82da 100644
--- a/readme_level.py
+++ b/readme_level.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from logging import exception, info
 from requests import post
-from graphql_query import QUERY
+from graphql_query import REQUEST_QUERY
 from readme_data import ReadmeLevelData
 
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def fetch_user_data(self) -> dict[str, int] | None:
         auth_header = {"Authorization": "Bearer " +
                        getenv("INPUT_GITHUB_TOKEN")}
         response = post("https://api.github.com/graphql",
-                        json={"query": QUERY}, headers=auth_header, timeout=2)
+                        json={"query": REQUEST_QUERY}, headers=auth_header, timeout=2)
 
         if response.status_code == 200:
             info("request to github api was successfull")