diff --git a/labs/manual-instrumentation-traces/initial/src/app.py b/labs/manual-instrumentation-traces/initial/src/app.py
index dcfed97..3cd52ef 100644
--- a/labs/manual-instrumentation-traces/initial/src/app.py
+++ b/labs/manual-instrumentation-traces/initial/src/app.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def get_user():
 def do_stuff():
     time.sleep(0.1)
     url = "http://httpbin:80/anything"
-    _response = requests.get(url)
+    response = requests.get(url)
 
 
 @app.route("/")