diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/src/python_executor.rs b/backend/windmill-worker/src/python_executor.rs
index 092b10e2e6..f532036d99 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/src/python_executor.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/src/python_executor.rs
@@ -240,18 +240,18 @@ pub async fn handle_python_job(
         .iter()
         .map(|x| match x.typ {
             windmill_parser::Typ::Bytes => {
+                let name = &x.name;
                 format!(
-                    "if \"{}\" in kwargs and kwargs[\"{}\"] is not None:\n    \
-                                     kwargs[\"{}\"] = base64.b64decode(kwargs[\"{}\"])\n",
-                    x.name, x.name, x.name, x.name
+                    "if \"{name}\" in kwargs and kwargs[\"{name}\"] is not None:\n    \
+                                     kwargs[\"{name}\"] = base64.b64decode(kwargs[\"{name}\"])\n",
                 )
             }
             windmill_parser::Typ::Datetime => {
+                let name = &x.name;
                 format!(
-                    "if \"{}\" in kwargs and kwargs[\"{}\"] is not None:\n    \
-                                     kwargs[\"{}\"] = datetime.strptime(kwargs[\"{}\"], \
+                    "if \"{name}\" in kwargs and kwargs[\"{name}\"] is not None:\n    \
+                                     kwargs[\"{name}\"] = datetime.strptime(kwargs[\"{name}\"], \
                                      '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M')\n",
-                    x.name, x.name, x.name, x.name
                 )
             }
             _ => "".to_string(),
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ from {module_dir_dot} import {last} as inner_script
 with open("args.json") as f:
     kwargs = json.load(f, strict=False)
 args = {{}}
-{spread}
 {transforms}
+{spread}
 for k, v in list(args.items()):
     if v == '<function call>':
         del args[k]