diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index d8f352a58..e058bc58d 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -369,22 +369,22 @@ async def chat_completion_filter_functions_handler(body, model, extra_params):
     return body, {}
 
 
-def get_tool_with_custom_params(
-    tool: Callable, custom_params: dict
+def apply_extra_params_to_tool_function(
+    function: Callable, custom_params: dict
 ) -> Callable[..., Awaitable]:
-    sig = inspect.signature(tool)
+    sig = inspect.signature(function)
     extra_params = {
         key: value for key, value in custom_params.items() if key in sig.parameters
     }
-    is_coroutine = inspect.iscoroutinefunction(tool)
+    is_coroutine = inspect.iscoroutinefunction(function)
 
-    async def new_tool(**kwargs):
+    async def new_function(**kwargs):
         extra_kwargs = kwargs | extra_params
         if is_coroutine:
-            return await tool(**extra_kwargs)
-        return tool(**extra_kwargs)
+            return await function(**extra_kwargs)
+        return function(**extra_kwargs)
 
-    return new_tool
+    return new_function
 
 
 # Mutation on extra_params
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ def get_tools(
             webui_app.state.TOOLS[tool_id] = module
 
         extra_params["__id__"] = tool_id
+
         has_citation = hasattr(module, "citation") and module.citation
         handles_files = hasattr(module, "file_handler") and module.file_handler
 
@@ -420,11 +421,12 @@ def get_tools(
             for val in spec.get("parameters", {}).get("properties", {}).values():
                 if val["type"] == "str":
                     val["type"] = "string"
-            name = spec["name"]
-            callable = getattr(module, name)
+            function_name = spec["name"]
 
             # convert to function that takes only model params and inserts custom params
-            custom_callable = get_tool_with_custom_params(callable, extra_params)
+            callable = apply_extra_params_to_tool_function(
+                getattr(module, function_name), extra_params
+            )
 
             # TODO: This needs to be a pydantic model
             tool_dict = {
@@ -432,16 +434,16 @@ def get_tools(
                 "citation": has_citation,
                 "file_handler": handles_files,
                 "toolkit_id": tool_id,
-                "callable": custom_callable,
+                "callable": callable,
             }
-            # TODO: if collision, prepend toolkit name
-            if name in tools:
-                log.warning(f"Tool {name} already exists in another toolkit!")
-                log.warning(f"Collision between {toolkit} and {tool_id}.")
-                log.warning(f"Discarding {toolkit}.{name}")
-            else:
-                tools[name] = tool_dict
 
+            # TODO: if collision, prepend toolkit name
+            if function_name in tools:
+                log.warning(f"Tool {function_name} already exists in another toolkit!")
+                log.warning(f"Collision between {toolkit} and {tool_id}.")
+                log.warning(f"Discarding {toolkit}.{function_name}")
+            else:
+                tools[function_name] = tool_dict
     return tools
 
 
@@ -487,8 +489,12 @@ async def chat_completion_tools_handler(
     specs = [tool["spec"] for tool in tools.values()]
     tools_specs = json.dumps(specs)
 
-    content = tool_calling_generation_template(app.state.config.TOOLS_FUNCTION_CALLING_PROMPT_TEMPLATE, tools_specs)
-    payload = get_tools_function_calling_payload(body["messages"], task_model_id, content)
+    content = tool_calling_generation_template(
+        app.state.config.TOOLS_FUNCTION_CALLING_PROMPT_TEMPLATE, tools_specs
+    )
+    payload = get_tools_function_calling_payload(
+        body["messages"], task_model_id, content
+    )
 
     try:
         payload = filter_pipeline(payload, user)
@@ -501,7 +507,6 @@ async def chat_completion_tools_handler(
         content = await get_content_from_response(response)
         log.debug(f"{content=}")
 
-
         if content is None:
             return body, {}
 
@@ -512,7 +517,7 @@ async def chat_completion_tools_handler(
 
         tool_params = result.get("parameters", {})
         toolkit_id = tools[tool_name]["toolkit_id"]
-        
+
         try:
             tool_output = await tools[tool_name]["callable"](**tool_params)
         except Exception as e: