diff --git a/video-feed.py b/video-feed.py
index cdfe7f4..15f7da3 100644
--- a/video-feed.py
+++ b/video-feed.py
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ def create_post(post_directory, video_metadata):
 
         #replace the truncated description with the full video description
         #peertube api is some broken thing in between a py dict and a json file
-        api_response = peertube.VideoApi(client).videos_id_description_get(v['uuid'])
+        api_response = peertube.VideoApi(client).videos_id_description_get(video_metadata['uuid'])
         long_description = ast.literal_eval(api_response) 
-        v['description'] = long_description['description']
+        video_metadata['description'] = long_description['description']
 
 
         with open(os.path.join(post_directory,'index.md'),'w') as f:
@@ -112,16 +112,16 @@ template = env.get_template('index_template.md')
 
 existing_posts = os.listdir(output_dir)
 
-for v in videos:
-    post_dir = os.path.join(output_dir,v['uuid'])
+for video_metadata in videos:
+    post_dir = os.path.join(output_dir, video_metadata['uuid'])
 
-    if v['uuid'] not in existing_posts: #if there is a video we dont already have, make it 
-        print('New: ', v['name'], '({})'.format(v['uuid']))
-        create_post(post_dir, v)
+    if video_metadata['uuid'] not in existing_posts: #if there is a video we dont already have, make it 
+        print('New: ', video_metadata['name'], '({})'.format(video_metadata['uuid']))
+        create_post(post_dir, video_metadata)
 
-    elif v['uuid'] in existing_posts: # if we already have the video do nothing, possibly update
-        update_post(post_dir, v)
-        existing_posts.remove(v['uuid']) # create list of posts which have not been returned by peertube
+    elif video_metadata['uuid'] in existing_posts: # if we already have the video do nothing, possibly update
+        update_post(post_dir, video_metadata)
+        existing_posts.remove(video_metadata['uuid']) # create list of posts which have not been returned by peertube
 
 for post in existing_posts: 
     print('deleted', post) #rm posts not returned