diff --git a/backend/src/auth/__init__.py b/backend/src/auth/__init__.py
index 565a0a8..ec6df94 100644
--- a/backend/src/auth/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/src/auth/__init__.py
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ async def get_current_user(db: SessionDependency, token: str = Depends(oauth2_sc
 
 def create_access_token(data: dict, expires_delta: timedelta | None = None):
     to_encode = data.copy()
-    config = AuthConfig
+    auth_config = AuthConfig
     if expires_delta:
         expire = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + expires_delta
     else:
-        expire = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + timedelta(minutes=config.jwt_access_token_lifetime)
+        expire = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + timedelta(minutes=auth_config.jwt_access_token_lifetime)
     to_encode.update({"exp": expire})
-    encoded_jwt = jwt.encode(to_encode, config.jwt_signing_key, algorithm=config.jwt_signing_algorithm)
+    encoded_jwt = jwt.encode(to_encode, auth_config.jwt_signing_key, algorithm=auth_config.jwt_signing_algorithm)
     return encoded_jwt