diff --git a/agent/pkg/providers/stats_provider.go b/agent/pkg/providers/stats_provider.go
index 57ba11208..e1e0feba4 100644
--- a/agent/pkg/providers/stats_provider.go
+++ b/agent/pkg/providers/stats_provider.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -82,8 +81,7 @@ func GetGeneralStats() *GeneralStats {
 
 func InitProtocolToColor(protocolMap map[string]*api.Protocol) {
 	for item, value := range protocolMap {
-		splitted := strings.SplitN(item, "/", 3)
-		protocolToColor[splitted[len(splitted)-1]] = value.BackgroundColor
+		protocolToColor[api.GetProtocolSummary(item).Abbreviation] = value.BackgroundColor
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tap/api/api.go b/tap/api/api.go
index 8c5a829ae..778acb1b8 100644
--- a/tap/api/api.go
+++ b/tap/api/api.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,15 @@ func (protocol *ProtocolSummary) ToString() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s?%s?%s", protocol.Name, protocol.Version, protocol.Abbreviation)
 }
 
+func GetProtocolSummary(inputString string) *ProtocolSummary {
+	splitted := strings.SplitN(inputString, "?", 3)
+	return &ProtocolSummary{
+		Name:         splitted[0],
+		Version:      splitted[1],
+		Abbreviation: splitted[2],
+	}
+}
+
 type Protocol struct {
 	ProtocolSummary
 	LongName        string   `json:"longName"`