diff --git a/slackInt.py b/slackInt.py
index 12b0405..c0ec0d1 100644
--- a/slackInt.py
+++ b/slackInt.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ def createSlackMessagePayload(data):
     """Create payload for slack notification."""
     pr_metadata = getPullRequestMetadata(data)
 
-    msg_text = getMessage(pr_metadata, data)
-    message = buildPayload(msg_text, pr_metadata)
+    msgText = getMessage(prMetadata, data)
+    message = buildPayload(msgText, prMetadata)
 
     return message
 
@@ -39,33 +39,33 @@ def getMessage(pr_metadata, data):
     else:
         actionMessage = 'pinged'
 
-    msg_text = "You've been {action}. Good luck!".format(action=actionMessage)
-    if pr_metadata.get('channel') == os.environ.get('DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL'):
+    msgText = "You've been {action}. Good luck!".format(action=actionMessage)
+    if prMetadata.get('channel') == os.environ.get('DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL'):
         github_username = getUnmatchedUserName(data)
-        msg_text = '{}! {}'.format(github_username, msg_text)
+        msgText = '{}! {}'.format(github_username, msgText)
 
-    return msg_text
+    return msgText
 
 
 def buildPayload(msg_text, pr_metadata):
     """Build slack notification payload from github action data."""
     message = {
-        "text": msg_text,
+        "text": msgText,
         "as_user": True,
         "link_names": True,
-        "channel": pr_metadata.get('channel'),
+        "channel": prMetadata.get('channel'),
         "attachments": [
             {
-                "fallback": "<{}|{}>".format(pr_metadata.get('url'), pr_metadata.get('title')),
+                "fallback": "<{}|{}>".format(prMetadata.get('url'), prMetadata.get('title')),
                 "color": "#36a64f",
-                "author_name": "{} pull request #{}".format(pr_metadata.get('repo'), pr_metadata.get('number')),
-                "author_link": pr_metadata.get('url'),
+                "author_name": "{} pull request #{}".format(prMetadata.get('repo'), prMetadata.get('number')),
+                "author_link": prMetadata.get('url'),
                 "author_icon": "https://github.com/favicon.ico",
-                "title": pr_metadata.get('title'),
-                "title_link": pr_metadata.get('url'),
-                "text": pr_metadata.get('description'),
+                "title": prMetadata.get('title'),
+                "title_link": prMetadata.get('url'),
+                "text": prMetadata.get('description'),
                 "footer": "PR Notifications by Magnitude",
-                "footer_icon": pr_metadata.get('author_image'),
+                "footer_icon": prMetadata.get('author_image'),
                 "ts": int(datetime.datetime.now().timestamp())
             }
         ]