diff --git a/qt/aqt/editor.py b/qt/aqt/editor.py
index 3ee676cbe..d1b9dde2d 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/editor.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/editor.py
@@ -803,39 +803,39 @@ to a cloze type first, via Edit>Change Note Type."""
             local = False
         # fetch it into a temporary folder
         self.mw.progress.start(immediate=not local, parent=self.parentWindow)
-        r = None
-        ct = None
+        response = None
+        content_type = None
         error_msg: Optional[str] = None
         try:
             if local:
                 req = urllib.request.Request(
                     url, None, {"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Anki)"}
                 )
-                with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as response:
-                    filecontents = response.read()
+                with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
+                    filecontents = resp.read()
             else:
-                reqs = HttpClient()
-                reqs.timeout = 30
-                r = reqs.get(url)
-                if r.status_code != 200:
-                    error_msg = _("Unexpected response code: %s") % r.status_code
+                client = HttpClient()
+                client.timeout = 30
+                response = client.get(url)
+                if response.status_code != 200:
+                    error_msg = _("Unexpected response code: %s") % response.status_code
                     return
-                filecontents = r.content
-                ct = r.headers.get("content-type")
+                filecontents = response.content
+                content_type = response.headers.get("content-type")
         except (urllib.error.URLError, requests.exceptions.RequestException) as e:
             error_msg = _("An error occurred while opening %s") % e
             return
         finally:
-            if r:
-                r.close()
+            if response:
+                response.close()
             self.mw.progress.finish()
             if error_msg:
                 showWarning(error_msg)
         # strip off any query string
         url = re.sub(r"\?.*?$", "", url)
         fname = os.path.basename(urllib.parse.unquote(url))
-        if ct:
-            fname = self.mw.col.media.add_extension_based_on_mime(fname, ct)
+        if content_type:
+            fname = self.mw.col.media.add_extension_based_on_mime(fname, content_type)
 
         return self.mw.col.media.write_data(fname, filecontents)