lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm       | 10 +++++-----
 lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm          |  2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiNoteEvent.pm |  2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm        |  2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
index b3bf5d12c4169ad4344d8ad6fe974582829151d1..d38f65863a49a6f8f01940e0d59dd74cc44dc1d8 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@ 	Cwd::abs_path($p);
 }
 
 sub get_1 {
-	my ($self, $pfx, $k) = @_;
-	my $v = $self->{"$pfx.$k"} // return;
+	my ($self, $key) = @_;
+	my $v = $self->{$key};
 	return $v if !ref($v);
-	warn "W: $pfx.$k has multiple values, only using `$v->[-1]'\n";
+	warn "W: $key has multiple values, only using `$v->[-1]'\n";
 	$v->[-1];
 }
 
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ 		$ibx->{$k} = $v if defined $v;
 	}
 	for my $k (qw(filter inboxdir newsgroup replyto httpbackendmax feedmax
 			indexlevel indexsequentialshard boost)) {
-		my $v = get_1($self, $pfx, $k) // next;
+		my $v = get_1($self, "$pfx.$k") // next;
 		$ibx->{$k} = $v;
 	}
 
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ 		return;
 	}
 	my $es = PublicInbox::ExtSearch->new($d);
 	for my $k (qw(indexlevel indexsequentialshard)) {
-		my $v = get_1($self, $pfx, $k) // next;
+		my $v = get_1($self, "$pfx.$k") // next;
 		$es->{$k} = $v;
 	}
 	for my $k (qw(coderepo hide url infourl)) {
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index b8159cba29229e1dfecd038f6d33d3874b8227bd..df0bfab6dfb75064f8917fece47aed7650eb189d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ 		my $url = substr($w, length('watch.'), -length('.state'));
 		require PublicInbox::LeiWatch;
 		$watches->{$url} //= PublicInbox::LeiWatch->new($url);
 		$seen{$url} = undef;
-		my $state = $cfg->get_1("watch.$url", 'state');
+		my $state = $cfg->get_1("watch.$url.state");
 		if (!watch_state_ok($state)) {
 			$lei->err("watch.$url.state=$state not supported");
 			next;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiNoteEvent.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiNoteEvent.pm
index 2a7b52c1348735bb2765b56670b36f803fda2e1e..1b714dae439326b5450ab8253855d484aff7a06f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiNoteEvent.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiNoteEvent.pm
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ 	$lms->lms_write_prepare if $new_cur eq ''; # for ->clear_src below
 	$lei->{opt}->{quiet} = 1;
 	eval { $lms->arg2folder($lei, [ $folder ]) };
 	return if $@;
-	my $state = $cfg->get_1("watch.$folder", 'state') // 'tag-rw';
+	my $state = $cfg->get_1("watch.$folder.state") // 'tag-rw';
 	return if $state eq 'pause';
 	return $lms->clear_src($folder, \$bn) if $new_cur eq '';
 	$lms->lms_pause;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
index 377a720eaf29202ab82ed87a0a99d70299ea774c..3e1ca21e29e73fa73522bf5cc7d15ce9495b9338 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiUp.pm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ 		my $v = $lss->{-cfg}->get_all("lei.q.$k") // next;
 		$lei->{opt}->{$k} //= $v;
 	}
 	for my $k ($lss->BOOL_FIELDS, $lss->SINGLE_FIELDS) {
-		my $v = $lss->{-cfg}->get_1('lei.q', $k) // next;
+		my $v = $lss->{-cfg}->get_1("lei.q.$k") // next;
 		$lei->{opt}->{$k} //= $v;
 	}
 	my $o = $lei->{opt}->{output} // '';