diff --git a/src/containers/sequences.jl b/src/containers/sequences.jl
index 3ff4625d73622b74584afd40196fa79b0eff86d2..47882e512c6c91c747be35c032a60eec540af871 100644
--- a/src/containers/sequences.jl
+++ b/src/containers/sequences.jl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import StaticArrays: SVector
 import JuMP: @constraint
 import ...Variables: get_free_variable, TR, VariableType, duration, variables, VariableNotAvailable, Variables, set_simple_constraints!
 import ...BuildSequences: global_model
-import ...Components: EventComponent
+import ...Components: EventComponent, NoGradient
 import ..Abstract: ContainerBlock, start_time
 import ..BuildingBlocks: Wait, BuildingBlock, BaseBuildingBlock
 
@@ -127,6 +127,6 @@ Converst object into something that can be included in the sequence:
 to_block(cb::ContainerBlock) = cb
 to_block(s::Symbol) = to_block(Val(s))
 to_block(s::Union{VariableType, Nothing, Val{:min}, Val{:max}}) = Wait(s)
-to_block(ec::EventComponent) = BuildingBlock([], [(0, ec)]; duration=duration(ec))
+to_block(ec::EventComponent) = BuildingBlock([NoGradient(duration(ec))], [(1, ec)])
 
 end
diff --git a/src/parts/epi_readouts.jl b/src/parts/epi_readouts.jl
index f4ca49e6ddb82d07a57f7e2b34c29b561401e8b7..dbfad45bf0c13220be9d7c62d5c04337211e72d6 100644
--- a/src/parts/epi_readouts.jl
+++ b/src/parts/epi_readouts.jl
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct EPIReadout{N} <: BaseSequence{N}
     ky_lines :: AbstractVector{<:Integer}
 end
 
-function EPIReadout(resolution::AbstractVector{<:Integer}; recenter=false, group=:FOV, ky_lines=nothing, variables...)
+function EPIReadout(; resolution::AbstractVector{<:Integer}, recenter=false, group=:FOV, ky_lines=nothing, variables...)
     if length(resolution) != 2
         error("EPIReadout expects the image resolution in the x- and y-direction.")
     end
diff --git a/src/parts/helper_functions.jl b/src/parts/helper_functions.jl
index 60c5b13df015c38010ee9c7fbfd18fdf8a3ded85..b52d06590b382336ed3c90f05eae01c0e55d76e9 100644
--- a/src/parts/helper_functions.jl
+++ b/src/parts/helper_functions.jl
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function readout_event(; type, optimise=false, scanner=nothing, variables...)
         if !(type in keys(func_dict))
             error("Readout event type `$type` has not been implemented. Please use one of $(keys(func_dict)).")
         end
-        return func_dict[type](real_variables...)
+        return func_dict[type](; real_variables...)
     end
 end