diff --git a/gui/editor.tcl b/gui/editor.tcl
index c451c1e7..a69ec4f8 100644
--- a/gui/editor.tcl
+++ b/gui/editor.tcl
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ proc addInterfaceCommand { node parentmenu txt cmd state isnodecmd } {
     $parentmenu add cascade -label $txt -menu $childmenu -state $state
     if { ! $isnodecmd } {
 	if { $g_current_session == 0 } { set state disabled }
-	set ssid [shortSessionID $g_current_session] 
+	set ssid [shortSessionID $g_current_session]
     }
     foreach ifc [ifcList $node] {
         set addr [lindex [getIfcIPv4addr $node $ifc] 0]
@@ -1483,10 +1483,11 @@ proc addInterfaceCommand { node parentmenu txt cmd state isnodecmd } {
 	if { $isnodecmd } { ;# run command in a node
 	    set icmd "spawnShell $node \"$cmd $ifc\""
 	} else { ;# exec a command directly
-	    set nodenum [string range $node 1 end]
+	    set node_num [string range $node 1 end]
+            set hex [format "%x" $node_num]
 	    set ifnum [string range $ifc 3 end]
-	    set localifc veth$nodenum.$ifnum.$ssid
-	    set icmd "exec $cmd $localifc &"
+            set ifname "veth$hex\\.$ifnum\\.$ssid"
+	    set icmd "exec $cmd $ifname &"
 	}
         $childmenu add command -label "$ifc$addr" -state $state -command $icmd
     }
diff --git a/gui/widget.tcl b/gui/widget.tcl
index 19fe6d0b..12c40499 100644
--- a/gui/widget.tcl
+++ b/gui/widget.tcl
@@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ proc getstats_bytes_netgraph { raw_input } {
 }
 
 proc getstats_link_ifname { link } {
+    global g_current_session
     set lnode1 [lindex [linkPeers $link] 0]
     set lnode2 [lindex [linkPeers $link] 1]
 
@@ -932,13 +933,10 @@ proc getstats_link_ifname { link } {
 	set ifname [ifcByPeer $lnode2 $lnode1]
     }
     if { $node_num < 0 } { return "" }
-    set node_num [format %x $node_num]
-
-    # TODO: need to determine session number used by daemon
-    #       instead this uses a '*' character for a regexp match against
-    #       the interfaces in /proc/net/dev
+    set ssid [shortSessionID $g_current_session]
     set hex [format "%x" $node_num]
-    set ifname "veth$hex\\.[string range $ifname 3 end]\\.*"
+    set ifnum [string range $ifname 3 end]
+    set ifname "veth$hex.$ifnum.$ssid"
     return $ifname
 }