diff --git a/jflyte-utils/src/main/java/org/flyte/jflyte/utils/ProjectClosure.java b/jflyte-utils/src/main/java/org/flyte/jflyte/utils/ProjectClosure.java
index 99fc871e..33d51852 100644
--- a/jflyte-utils/src/main/java/org/flyte/jflyte/utils/ProjectClosure.java
+++ b/jflyte-utils/src/main/java/org/flyte/jflyte/utils/ProjectClosure.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public abstract class ProjectClosure {
 
   public abstract Map<LaunchPlanIdentifier, LaunchPlan> launchPlans();
 
-  private static final Escaper escaper = Escapers.builder().addEscape('$', "\\$").build();
+  private static final Escaper ESCAPER = Escapers.builder().addEscape('$', "\\$").build();
 
   ProjectClosure applyCustom(JFlyteCustom custom) {
     Map<TaskIdentifier, TaskSpec> rewrittenTaskSpecs =
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static TaskTemplate createTaskTemplateForRunnableTask(RunnableTask task, String
                     "jflyte",
                     "execute",
                     "--task",
-                    escaper.escape(task.getName()),
+                    ESCAPER.escape(task.getName()),
                     "--inputs",
                     "{{.input}}",
                     "--outputPrefix",