diff --git a/ape_alchemy/provider.py b/ape_alchemy/provider.py
index e585f1b..f01cdc4 100644
--- a/ape_alchemy/provider.py
+++ b/ape_alchemy/provider.py
@@ -136,12 +136,11 @@ def get_virtual_machine_error(self, exception: Exception) -> VirtualMachineError
         return VirtualMachineError(message=message)
 
     def _make_request(self, endpoint: str, parameters: list) -> Any:
-        mint_retry_delay = 1000
+        min_retry_delay = 1000
         retry_backoff_factor = 2
         max_retry_delay = 30000
         max_retries = 3
-        # RETRY_INTERVAL = 1000
-        RETRY_JITTER = 250
+        retry_jitter = 250
         for i in range(0,max_retries):
             print(f"_make_request attempt {i}")
             try:
@@ -157,10 +156,10 @@ def _make_request(self, endpoint: str, parameters: list) -> Any:
                     if isinstance(error_data, dict)
                     else error_data
                 )
-                if message.__contains__("exceeded its compute units"):
-                    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)
+                if "exceeded its compute units" in message:
+                    retry_interval = min(max_retry_delay, min_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)
                     continue
                 cls = (