diff --git a/internal/dao/port_forward.go b/internal/dao/port_forward.go
index 5afbaa67..c4f05837 100644
--- a/internal/dao/port_forward.go
+++ b/internal/dao/port_forward.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ var podNameRX = regexp.MustCompile(`\A(.+)\-(\w{10})\-(\w{5})\z`)
 
 // PodToKey converts a pod path to a generic bench config key.
 func PodToKey(path string) string {
-	tokens := strings.Split(path, ":")
+	tokens := strings.Split(path, "|")
 	ns, po := client.Namespaced(tokens[0])
 	sections := podNameRX.FindStringSubmatch(po)
 	if len(sections) >= 1 {
diff --git a/internal/dao/port_forward_test.go b/internal/dao/port_forward_test.go
index 691eee7f..d5d757a3 100644
--- a/internal/dao/port_forward_test.go
+++ b/internal/dao/port_forward_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func TestBenchForConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		spec      config.BenchConfig
 	}{
 		"no_file": {file: "", key: "", spec: config.DefaultBenchSpec()},
-		"spec": {file: "testdata/benchspec.yml", key: "default/nginx-123-456:nginx", spec: config.BenchConfig{
+		"spec": {file: "testdata/benchspec.yml", key: "default/nginx-123-456|nginx", spec: config.BenchConfig{
 			C: 2,
 			N: 3000,
 			HTTP: config.HTTP{