diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index f14a768..c3566da 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const plugins = require("./smartupdate.plugins");
 const smarttime_1 = require("smarttime");
 class SmartUpdate {
     constructor() {
-        this.kvStore = new plugins.npmextra.KeyValueStore('custom', 'global:smartupdate');
+        this.kvStore = new plugins.npmextra.KeyValueStore('custom', 'global_smartupdate');
     }
     check(npmnameArg, compareVersion, changelogUrlArg) {
         return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 1a28dfd..6cc000d 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ interface ICacheStatus {
 import { KeyValueStore } from 'npmextra'
 
 export class SmartUpdate {
-  kvStore = new plugins.npmextra.KeyValueStore('custom', 'global:smartupdate')
+  kvStore = new plugins.npmextra.KeyValueStore('custom', 'global_smartupdate')
 
   async check (npmnameArg: string, compareVersion: string, changelogUrlArg?: string) {
     // the newData to write