diff --git a/backend/api/controllers/user.js b/backend/api/controllers/user.js
index 0001d1085..7f34eb3dd 100644
--- a/backend/api/controllers/user.js
+++ b/backend/api/controllers/user.js
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ class UserController {
       throw new MonkeyError(403, "Banned accounts cannot link with Discord");
     }
 
-    let discordFetch = await fetch("https://discord.com/api/users/@me", {
+    const discordFetch = await fetch("https://discord.com/api/users/@me", {
       headers: {
         authorization: `${req.body.data.tokenType} ${req.body.data.accessToken}`,
       },
     });
-    discordFetch = await discordFetch.json();
-    const did = discordFetch.id;
+    const discordFetchJSON = await discordFetch.json();
+    const did = discordFetchJSON.id;
     if (!did) {
       throw new MonkeyError(
         500,
diff --git a/backend/handlers/captcha.js b/backend/handlers/captcha.js
index c50a9565b..5d5f689a9 100644
--- a/backend/handlers/captcha.js
+++ b/backend/handlers/captcha.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import "dotenv/config";
 
 export async function verify(captcha) {
   if (process.env.MODE === "dev") return true;
-  let response = await fetch(
+  const response = await fetch(
     `https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify`,
     {
       method: "POST",
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ export async function verify(captcha) {
       body: `secret=${process.env.RECAPTCHA_SECRET}&response=${captcha}`,
     }
   );
-  response = await response.json();
-  return response?.success;
+  const responseJSON = await response.json();
+  return responseJSON?.success;
 }