diff --git a/ape_alchemy/provider.py b/ape_alchemy/provider.py
index a856d39..e585f1b 100644
--- a/ape_alchemy/provider.py
+++ b/ape_alchemy/provider.py
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ def get_virtual_machine_error(self, exception: Exception) -> VirtualMachineError
         return VirtualMachineError(message=message)
 
     def _make_request(self, endpoint: str, parameters: list) -> Any:
-        MIN_RETRY_DELAY = 1000
-        RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR = 2
-        MAX_RETRY_DELAY = 30000
-        MAX_RETRIES = 3
+        mint_retry_delay = 1000
+        retry_backoff_factor = 2
+        max_retry_delay = 30000
+        max_retries = 3
         # RETRY_INTERVAL = 1000
         RETRY_JITTER = 250
-        for i in range(0,MAX_RETRIES):
+        for i in range(0,max_retries):
             print(f"_make_request attempt {i}")
             try:
                 return super()._make_request(endpoint, parameters)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def _make_request(self, endpoint: str, parameters: list) -> Any:
                     else error_data
                 )
                 if message.__contains__("exceeded its compute units"):
-                    RETRY_INTERVAL = min(MAX_RETRY_DELAY, MIN_RETRY_DELAY * RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR ** i)
+                    RETRY_INTERVAL = min(max_retry_delay, mint_retry_delay * retry_backoff_factor ** i)
                     print(f"Alchemy compute units exceeded, retrying #{i} in {RETRY_INTERVAL} ms")
                     delay = RETRY_INTERVAL + random.randint(0, RETRY_JITTER)
                     time.sleep(delay / 1000)
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ def _make_request(self, endpoint: str, parameters: list) -> Any:
                     else AlchemyProviderError
                 )
                 raise cls(message) from err
-        raise AlchemyProviderError(f"Rate limited for ${MAX_RETRIES} consecutive attempts.")
+        raise AlchemyProviderError(f"Rate limited for ${max_retries} consecutive attempts.")