diff --git a/ui/operator_ui/spiloutils.py b/ui/operator_ui/spiloutils.py
index d5a181fee..33d07d88a 100644
--- a/ui/operator_ui/spiloutils.py
+++ b/ui/operator_ui/spiloutils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from furl import furl
 from json import dumps
 from logging import getLogger
-from os import environ
+from os import environ, getenv
 from requests import Session
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 from uuid import UUID
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
 session = Session()
 
+OPERATOR_CLUSTER_NAME_LABEL = getenv('OPERATOR_CLUSTER_NAME_LABEL', 'cluster-name')
+
 
 def request(cluster, path, **kwargs):
     if 'timeout' not in kwargs:
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ def read_pods(cluster, namespace, spilo_cluster):
         cluster=cluster,
         resource_type='pods',
         namespace=namespace,
-        label_selector={environ.get('OPERATOR_CLUSTER_NAME_LABEL', 'cluster-name'): spilo_cluster},
+        label_selector={OPERATOR_CLUSTER_NAME_LABEL: spilo_cluster},
     )