diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
index af7f5f6..23ece10 100755
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ b/testssl.sh
@@ -7004,8 +7004,8 @@ starttls_nntp_dialog() {
 
 starttls_postgres_dialog() {
      debugme echo "=== starting postgres STARTTLS dialog ==="
-     local reINITTLS="\x00\x00\x00\x08\x04\xD2\x16\x2F"
-     starttls_just_send "${reINITTLS}"                     && debugme echo "initiated STARTTLS" &&
+     local init_tls="\x00\x00\x00\x08\x04\xD2\x16\x2F"
+     starttls_just_send "${init_tls}"                      && debugme echo "initiated STARTTLS" &&
      starttls_full_read '' '' 'S'                          && debugme echo "received ack for STARTTLS"
      local ret=$?
      debugme echo "=== finished postgres STARTTLS dialog with ${ret} ==="