diff --git a/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools_linux.sh b/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools_linux.sh
index 6a59c31b..6daf4abd 100644
--- a/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools_linux.sh
+++ b/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools_linux.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ function __sha256_linux {
 }
 
 function __get_octal_perms_linux {
-   local file=$1
-   perms=$(stat --format "'%a'" "$filename")
-   echo "$perms"
+  local filename
+  filename=$1
+  local perms
+  perms=$(stat --format "'%a'" "$filename")
+  echo "$perms"
 }
diff --git a/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools_osx.sh b/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools_osx.sh
index e5ce8e86..f0dd2246 100644
--- a/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools_osx.sh
+++ b/src/_utils/_git_secret_tools_osx.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ function __sha256_osx {
   /usr/bin/shasum -a256 "$1"
 }
 function __get_octal_perms_osx {
-  local file=$1
+  local filename
+  filename=$1
   local perms
   perms=$(stat -f "'%p'" "$filename")
   echo "$perms"