diff --git a/notebook/dashboard.ipynb b/notebook/dashboard.ipynb
index 9aac083d..88a20e95 100644
--- a/notebook/dashboard.ipynb
+++ b/notebook/dashboard.ipynb
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@
     "org = g.get_organization(org_name)\n",
     "repos = org.get_repos()\n",
     "\n",
+    "# constants\n",
+    "text_template = '%{text}'\n",
     "uno_base_url = 'https://app.lizardbyte.dev/uno'\n",
     "\n",
     "# all readthedocs projects\n",
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@
     "readthedocs_data_url = f'{uno_base_url}/readthedocs/projects.json'\n",
     "readthedocs_response = requests.get(readthedocs_data_url)\n",
     "if not readthedocs_response.ok:\n",
-    "    raise Exception(\"Failed to fetch data from uno\")\n",
+    "    raise LookupError(\"Failed to fetch data from uno\")\n",
     "readthedocs_data = readthedocs_response.json()\n",
     "\n",
     "# Process data\n",
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@
     "    text='stars',\n",
     ")\n",
     "fig.update_traces(\n",
-    "    texttemplate='%{text}',\n",
+    "    texttemplate=text_template,\n",
     "    textposition='inside',\n",
     ")\n",
     "fig.update_layout(\n",
@@ -299,7 +301,7 @@
     "    text='forks',\n",
     ")\n",
     "fig.update_traces(\n",
-    "    texttemplate='%{text}',\n",
+    "    texttemplate=text_template,\n",
     "    textposition='inside',\n",
     ")\n",
     "fig.update_layout(\n",
@@ -337,7 +339,7 @@
     "    text='issue_count',\n",
     ")\n",
     "fig.update_traces(\n",
-    "    texttemplate='%{text}',\n",
+    "    texttemplate=text_template,\n",
     "    textposition='inside',\n",
     ")\n",
     "fig.update_layout(\n",