diff --git a/src/yardstick/capture.py b/src/yardstick/capture.py
index 2fb7bb6..61389d6 100644
--- a/src/yardstick/capture.py
+++ b/src/yardstick/capture.py
@@ -122,7 +122,18 @@ def one(
     if request.profile:
         profile_obj = profiles.get(scan_config.tool_name, {}).get(request.profile, {})
         if not profile_obj:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"no profile found for tool {scan_config.tool_name}")
+            profile_obj = profiles.get(scan_config.tool_name.replace("-", "_"), {}).get(
+                request.profile, {}
+            )
+
+        if not profile_obj:
+            profile_obj = profiles.get(scan_config.tool_name.replace("_", "-"), {}).get(
+                request.profile, {}
+            )
+        if not profile_obj:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"no profile found for tool {scan_config.tool_name} profile {request.profile}, have {profiles}"
+            )
 
     match_results, raw_json = run_scan(config=scan_config, profile=profile_obj)
     store.scan_result.save(
diff --git a/src/yardstick/validate.py b/src/yardstick/validate.py
index 933386f..1faab19 100644
--- a/src/yardstick/validate.py
+++ b/src/yardstick/validate.py
@@ -378,16 +378,13 @@ def validate_image(
             show_summaries=True,
         )
 
-    reference_tool, candidate_tool = None, None
-    for r in results:
-        if r.config.tool_label == gate_config.reference_tool_label:
-            reference_tool = r.config.tool
-        if r.config.tool_label == gate_config.candidate_tool_label:
-            candidate_tool = r.config.tool
+    if len(results) != 2:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"expected 2 results but found {len(results)}")
 
-    if reference_tool is None or candidate_tool is None:
+    reference_tool, candidate_tool = None, None
+    if not gate_config.candidate_tool_label:
         reference_tool, candidate_tool = guess_tool_orientation(
-            [r.config.tool for r in results]
+            [r.config.tool for r in results],
         )
         logging.warning(
             f"guessed tool orientation reference:{reference_tool} candidate:{candidate_tool}"
@@ -395,6 +392,12 @@ def validate_image(
         logging.warning(
             "to avoid guessing, specify reference_tool_label and candidate_tool_label in validation config and re-capture result set"
         )
+    if results[0].config.tool_label == gate_config.candidate_tool_label:
+        candidate_tool = results[0].config.tool
+        reference_tool = results[1].config.tool
+    elif results[1].config.tool_label == gate_config.candidate_tool_label:
+        candidate_tool = results[1].config.tool
+        reference_tool = results[0].config.tool
 
     # keep a list of differences between tools to summarize
     deltas = []