diff --git a/include/WebApi.h b/include/WebApi.h
index 2d828395..69757dc1 100644
--- a/include/WebApi.h
+++ b/include/WebApi.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ private:
     WebApiSysstatusClass _webApiSysstatus;
     WebApiWebappClass _webApiWebapp;
     WebApiWsLiveClass _webApiWsLive;
-    unsigned long lastTimerCall = 0;
+    unsigned long _lastWsCleanup = 0;
 
     void onWebsocketEvent(AsyncWebSocket* server, AsyncWebSocketClient* client, AwsEventType type, void* arg, uint8_t* data, size_t len);
 };
diff --git a/src/WebApi.cpp b/src/WebApi.cpp
index 0194ff7c..51e599f6 100644
--- a/src/WebApi.cpp
+++ b/src/WebApi.cpp
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ void WebApiClass::loop()
     _webApiWsLive.loop();
 
     // see: https://github.com/me-no-dev/ESPAsyncWebServer#limiting-the-number-of-web-socket-clients
-    if (millis() - lastTimerCall > 1000) {
+    if (millis() - _lastWsCleanup > 1000) {
         _ws.cleanupClients();
-        lastTimerCall = millis();
+        _lastWsCleanup = millis();
     }
 }