diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
index 9bd7b68917..10dac3c0ea 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
@@ -2072,7 +2072,7 @@ describe.each([
       await config.withEnv(
         {
           JS_PER_INVOCATION_TIMEOUT_MS: 20,
-          JS_PER_REQUEST_TIME_LIMIT_MS: 40,
+          JS_PER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS: 40,
         },
         async () => {
           const js = Buffer.from(
diff --git a/packages/server/src/environment.ts b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
index 7c3e8751c5..b5d468ec00 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ const environment = {
   FORKED_PROCESS_NAME: process.env.FORKED_PROCESS_NAME || "main",
   JS_PER_INVOCATION_TIMEOUT_MS:
     parseIntSafe(process.env.JS_PER_INVOCATION_TIMEOUT_MS) || 1000,
-  JS_PER_REQUEST_TIME_LIMIT_MS: parseIntSafe(
-    process.env.JS_PER_REQUEST_TIME_LIMIT_MS
+  JS_PER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS: parseIntSafe(
+    process.env.JS_PER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS
   ),
   // old
   CLIENT_ID: process.env.CLIENT_ID,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
index 60310585f5..90cc0e2564 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function init() {
           vm = new IsolatedVM({
             memoryLimit: env.JS_RUNNER_MEMORY_LIMIT,
             invocationTimeout: env.JS_PER_INVOCATION_TIMEOUT_MS,
-            perRequestLimit: env.JS_PER_REQUEST_TIME_LIMIT_MS,
+            isolateAccumulatedTimeout: env.JS_PER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
           })
             .withContext(ctxToPass)
             .withHelpers()
diff --git a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/vm/index.ts b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/vm/index.ts
index e8422e8f5d..865aca0454 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/vm/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/vm/index.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class IsolatedVM implements VM {
   private vm: ivm.Context
   private jail: ivm.Reference
   private invocationTimeout: number
-  private perRequestLimit?: number
+  private isolateAccumulatedTimeout?: number
 
   private moduleHandler = new ModuleHandler()
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ export class IsolatedVM implements VM {
   constructor({
     memoryLimit,
     invocationTimeout,
-    perRequestLimit,
+    isolateAccumulatedTimeout,
   }: {
     memoryLimit: number
     invocationTimeout: number
-    perRequestLimit?: number
+    isolateAccumulatedTimeout?: number
   }) {
     this.isolate = new ivm.Isolate({ memoryLimit })
     this.vm = this.isolate.createContextSync()
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export class IsolatedVM implements VM {
     })
 
     this.invocationTimeout = invocationTimeout
-    this.perRequestLimit = perRequestLimit
+    this.isolateAccumulatedTimeout = isolateAccumulatedTimeout
   }
 
   withHelpers() {
@@ -131,13 +131,11 @@ export class IsolatedVM implements VM {
   }
 
   execute(code: string): string {
-    const perRequestLimit = this.perRequestLimit
-
-    if (perRequestLimit) {
+    if (this.isolateAccumulatedTimeout) {
       const cpuMs = Number(this.isolate.cpuTime) / 1e6
-      if (cpuMs > perRequestLimit) {
+      if (cpuMs > this.isolateAccumulatedTimeout) {
         throw new ExecutionTimeoutError(
-          `CPU time limit exceeded (${cpuMs}ms > ${perRequestLimit}ms)`
+          `CPU time limit exceeded (${cpuMs}ms > ${this.isolateAccumulatedTimeout}ms)`
         )
       }
     }