diff --git a/bot/command.go b/bot/command.go
index 9c7c88c..40a6035 100644
--- a/bot/command.go
+++ b/bot/command.go
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	commandHelp       = "help"
-	commandStop       = "stop"
-	commandSend       = "send"
-	commandDKIM       = "dkim"
-	commandCatchAll   = botOptionCatchAll
-	commandUsers      = botOptionUsers
-	commandQueueItems = botOptionQueueItems
-	commandQueueTries = botOptionQueueTries
-	commandDelete     = "delete"
-	commandMailboxes  = "mailboxes"
+	commandHelp         = "help"
+	commandStop         = "stop"
+	commandSend         = "send"
+	commandDKIM         = "dkim"
+	commandCatchAll     = botOptionCatchAll
+	commandUsers        = botOptionUsers
+	commandQueueBatch   = botOptionQueueBatch
+	commandQueueRetries = botOptionQueueRetries
+	commandDelete       = "delete"
+	commandMailboxes    = "mailboxes"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ func (b *Bot) initCommands() commandList {
 			allowed:     b.allowAdmin,
 		},
 		{
-			key:         commandQueueItems,
+			key:         commandQueueBatch,
 			description: "max amount of emails to process on each queue check",
 			sanitizer:   utils.SanitizeIntString,
 			allowed:     b.allowAdmin,
 		},
 		{
-			key:         commandQueueTries,
+			key:         commandQueueRetries,
 			description: "max amount of tries per email in queue before removal",
 			sanitizer:   utils.SanitizeIntString,
 			allowed:     b.allowAdmin,
diff --git a/bot/queue.go b/bot/queue.go
index b35b33a..865c097 100644
--- a/bot/queue.go
+++ b/bot/queue.go
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultMaxQueueItems = 1
-	defaultMaxQueueTries = 3
+	defaultQueueBatch   = 1
+	defaultQueueRetries = 3
 )
 
 // ProcessQueue starts queue processing
@@ -14,23 +14,23 @@ func (b *Bot) ProcessQueue() {
 	b.log.Debug("staring queue processing...")
 	cfg := b.getBotSettings()
 
-	maxItems := cfg.QueueItems()
-	if maxItems == 0 {
-		maxItems = defaultMaxQueueItems
+	batchSize := cfg.QueueBatch()
+	if batchSize == 0 {
+		batchSize = defaultQueueBatch
 	}
 
-	maxTries := cfg.QueueTries()
-	if maxTries == 0 {
-		maxTries = defaultMaxQueueTries
+	retries := cfg.QueueRetries()
+	if retries == 0 {
+		retries = defaultQueueRetries
 	}
 
-	b.popqueue(maxItems, maxTries)
+	b.popqueue(batchSize, retries)
 	b.log.Debug("ended queue processing")
 }
 
 // popqueue gets emails from queue and tries to send them,
 // if an email was sent successfully - it will be removed from queue
-func (b *Bot) popqueue(maxItems, maxTries int) {
+func (b *Bot) popqueue(batchSize, maxTries int) {
 	b.lock(acQueueKey)
 	defer b.unlock(acQueueKey)
 	index, err := b.lp.GetAccountData(acQueueKey)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (b *Bot) popqueue(maxItems, maxTries int) {
 
 	i := 0
 	for id, itemkey := range index {
-		if i > maxItems {
+		if i > batchSize {
 			b.log.Debug("finished re-deliveries from queue")
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/bot/settings_bot.go b/bot/settings_bot.go
index c17dc64..b54d783 100644
--- a/bot/settings_bot.go
+++ b/bot/settings_bot.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ const (
 	botOptionCatchAll       = "catch-all"
 	botOptionDKIMSignature  = "dkim.pub"
 	botOptionDKIMPrivateKey = "dkim.pem"
-	botOptionQueueItems     = "queue:items"
-	botOptionQueueTries     = "queue:tries"
+	botOptionQueueBatch     = "queue:batch"
+	botOptionQueueRetries   = "queue:retries"
 )
 
 type botSettings map[string]string
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ func (s botSettings) DKIMPrivateKey() string {
 	return s.Get(botOptionDKIMPrivateKey)
 }
 
-// QueueItems option
-func (s botSettings) QueueItems() int {
-	return utils.Int(s.Get(botOptionQueueItems))
+// QueueBatch option
+func (s botSettings) QueueBatch() int {
+	return utils.Int(s.Get(botOptionQueueBatch))
 }
 
-// QueueTries option
-func (s botSettings) QueueTries() int {
-	return utils.Int(s.Get(botOptionQueueTries))
+// QueueRetries option
+func (s botSettings) QueueRetries() int {
+	return utils.Int(s.Get(botOptionQueueRetries))
 }
 
 func (b *Bot) initBotUsers() ([]string, error) {