diff --git a/src/api.ts b/src/api.ts
index 03326eaa..921ea323 100644
--- a/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/api.ts
@@ -370,8 +370,12 @@ export class MirrordAPI {
   * setting env vars, both from system, and from `launch.json` (`configEnv`).
   *
   * Has 60 seconds timeout
+  * 
+  * @param quickPickSelection target selected by the user from the quick pick widget.
+  *                             `undefined` if we found the target in the config,
+  *                             and the widget was not shown.
   */
-  async binaryExecute(target: UserSelection | undefined, configFile: string | null, executable: string | null, configEnv: EnvVars): Promise<MirrordExecution> {
+  async binaryExecute(quickPickSelection: UserSelection | undefined, configFile: string | null, executable: string | null, configEnv: EnvVars): Promise<MirrordExecution> {
     tickMirrordForTeamsCounter();
     tickFeedbackCounter();
     tickDiscordCounter();
@@ -387,11 +391,11 @@ export class MirrordAPI {
           reject("timeout");
         }, 120 * 1000);
 
-        const args = makeMirrordArgs(target?.path, configFile, executable);
+        const args = makeMirrordArgs(quickPickSelection?.path, configFile, executable);
         let env: EnvVars;
-        if (target?.namespace) {
+        if (quickPickSelection?.namespace) {
           // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
-          env = { MIRRORD_TARGET_NAMESPACE: target.namespace, ...configEnv };
+          env = { MIRRORD_TARGET_NAMESPACE: quickPickSelection.namespace, ...configEnv };
         } else {
           env = configEnv;
         }
diff --git a/src/debugger.ts b/src/debugger.ts
index 2a33f359..ea413330 100644
--- a/src/debugger.ts
+++ b/src/debugger.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ async function main(
   let mirrordApi = new MirrordAPI(cliPath);
 
   config.env ||= {};
-  let target: UserSelection | undefined = undefined;
+  let quickPickSelection: UserSelection | undefined = undefined;
 
   let configPath = await MirrordConfigManager.getInstance().resolveMirrordConfig(folder, config);
   const verifiedConfig = await mirrordApi.verifyConfig(configPath, config.env);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ async function main(
 
     try {
       const quickPick = await TargetQuickPick.new(getTargets);
-      target = await quickPick.showAndGet();
+      quickPickSelection = await quickPick.showAndGet();
     } catch (err) {
       mirrordFailure(`mirrord failed to list targets: ${err}`);
       return null;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ async function main(
 
   let executionInfo;
   try {
-    executionInfo = await mirrordApi.binaryExecute(target, configPath?.path || null, executable, config.env);
+    executionInfo = await mirrordApi.binaryExecute(quickPickSelection, configPath?.path || null, executable, config.env);
   } catch (err) {
     mirrordFailure(`mirrord preparation failed: ${err}`);
     return null;