diff --git a/src/replace-words.js b/src/replace-words.js
index 2a08e8e..7f72afd 100644
--- a/src/replace-words.js
+++ b/src/replace-words.js
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ function escapeAndReplace(search_term, replace_value, case_sensitive) {
   if (search_term_escaped[search_term_escaped.length - 1].match((/[a-z]/i))) {
     search_term_escaped = `${search_term_escaped}\\b`
   }
-  const search_term = new RegExp(search_term_escaped, flags)
-  walk(document.body, search_term, replace_value, directMethod);
+  const search_term_regexp = new RegExp(search_term_escaped, flags)
+  walk(document.body, search_term_regexp, replace_value, directMethod);
 }
 
 function walk(node, search_term, replace_value, replaceMethod) {