diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 2150ca5..1e94de3 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -565,7 +565,8 @@ func IsHttpVerb(verb string) bool {
 }
 
 // define bracket name expression
-var bracketNameExp = regexp.MustCompile("^(\\w+)\\[(\\w+)\\]$")
+var bracketNameExp = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\w+)\[(\w+)\]$`)
+var pathCharExp = regexp.MustCompile(`[%=;~.]`)
 
 func ConvertComponentIdIntoFriendlyPathSearch(id string) (string, string) {
 	segs := strings.Split(id, "/")
@@ -574,8 +575,7 @@ func ConvertComponentIdIntoFriendlyPathSearch(id string) (string, string) {
 
 	// check for strange spaces, chars and if found, wrap them up, clean them and create a new cleaned path.
 	for i := range segs {
-		pathCharExp, _ := regexp.MatchString("[%=;~.]", segs[i])
-		if pathCharExp {
+		if pathCharExp.Match([]byte(segs[i])) {
 			segs[i], _ = url.QueryUnescape(strings.ReplaceAll(segs[i], "~1", "/"))
 			segs[i] = fmt.Sprintf("['%s']", segs[i])
 			if len(cleaned) > 0 {
@@ -613,11 +613,9 @@ func ConvertComponentIdIntoFriendlyPathSearch(id string) (string, string) {
 	_, err := strconv.ParseInt(name, 10, 32)
 	var replaced string
 	if err != nil {
-		replaced = strings.ReplaceAll(fmt.Sprintf("%s",
-			strings.Join(cleaned, ".")), "#", "$")
+		replaced = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.Join(cleaned, "."), "#", "$")
 	} else {
-		replaced = strings.ReplaceAll(fmt.Sprintf("%s",
-			strings.Join(cleaned, ".")), "#", "$")
+		replaced = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.Join(cleaned, "."), "#", "$")
 	}
 
 	if len(replaced) > 0 {
diff --git a/utils/utils_test.go b/utils/utils_test.go
index 6bdd586..4c729a1 100644
--- a/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 type petstore []byte
@@ -168,8 +169,7 @@ func TestConvertInterfaceToStringArray_NoType(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestConvertInterfaceToStringArray_Invalid(t *testing.T) {
-	var d interface{}
-	d = "I am a carrot"
+	var d interface{} = "I am a carrot"
 	parsed := ConvertInterfaceToStringArray(d)
 	assert.Nil(t, parsed)
 }
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ func TestConvertInterfaceArrayToStringArray_NoType(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestConvertInterfaceArrayToStringArray_Invalid(t *testing.T) {
-	var d interface{}
-	d = "weed is good"
+	var d interface{} = "weed is good"
 	parsed := ConvertInterfaceArrayToStringArray(d)
 	assert.Nil(t, parsed)
 }
@@ -229,12 +228,11 @@ func TestExtractValueFromInterfaceMap_Flat(t *testing.T) {
 	m["maddy"] = "niblet"
 	d = m
 	parsed := ExtractValueFromInterfaceMap("maddy", d)
-	assert.Equal(t, "niblet", parsed.(interface{}))
+	assert.Equal(t, "niblet", parsed)
 }
 
 func TestExtractValueFromInterfaceMap_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
-	var d interface{}
-	d = "not a map"
+	var d interface{} = "not a map"
 	parsed := ExtractValueFromInterfaceMap("melody", d)
 	assert.Nil(t, parsed)
 }
@@ -686,6 +684,14 @@ func TestConvertComponentIdIntoFriendlyPathSearch_Crazy(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "expires_at", segment)
 }
 
+func BenchmarkConvertComponentIdIntoFriendlyPathSearch_Crazy(t *testing.B) {
+	for n := 0; n < t.N; n++ {
+		segment, path := ConvertComponentIdIntoFriendlyPathSearch("#/components/schemas/gpg-key/properties/subkeys/example/0/expires_at")
+		assert.Equal(t, "$.components.schemas.gpg-key.properties.subkeys.example[0].expires_at", path)
+		assert.Equal(t, "expires_at", segment)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestConvertComponentIdIntoFriendlyPathSearch_Simple(t *testing.T) {
 	segment, path := ConvertComponentIdIntoFriendlyPathSearch("#/~1fresh~1pizza/get")
 	assert.Equal(t, "$['/fresh/pizza'].get", path)