diff --git a/scale_test/config.yaml b/scale_test/config.yaml
index 51618c1f..fd311ca3 100644
--- a/scale_test/config.yaml
+++ b/scale_test/config.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     jobIterations: 1
     qps: 1
     burst: 1
-    jobPause: 2m
+    jobPause: 3m
     namespacedIterations: true
     namespace: scale-test
     waitWhenFinished: true
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ jobs:
     jobIterations: 1
     namespacedIterations: true
     namespace: scale-test
+    jobPause: 2m # to allow DNSRecords to be removed
     waitWhenFinished: true
     objects:
       - kind: DNSPolicy
diff --git a/scale_test/httproute.yaml b/scale_test/httproute.yaml
index 69cd91c2..af6e7582 100644
--- a/scale_test/httproute.yaml
+++ b/scale_test/httproute.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ spec:
   - group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
     kind: Gateway
     name: gw{{$GW_NUM}}-i{{ .Iteration }}
+    sectionName: api-{{$LISTENER_NUM}}
   hostnames:
   - "api.scale-test-gw{{$GW_NUM}}-l{{$LISTENER_NUM}}-i{{$Iteration}}.{{$KUADRANT_ZONE_ROOT_DOMAIN}}"
   rules: