diff --git a/src/sequences/diffusion_spin_echoes.jl b/src/sequences/diffusion_spin_echoes.jl
index bf847c9be9c216dae654e0e4f31d1457ef86b401..8a2dbe56bcfdc68497414a2d73cd3a39f5490d44 100644
--- a/src/sequences/diffusion_spin_echoes.jl
+++ b/src/sequences/diffusion_spin_echoes.jl
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ get_readout(ge::DiffusionSpinEcho) = ge.readout
 get_pathway(ge::DiffusionSpinEcho) = Pathway(ge, [90, 180], 1, group=:diffusion)
 
 @defvar begin
-    echo_time(ge::DiffusionSpinEcho) = 2 * (effective_time(ge, :refocus) - variables.effective_time(ge, :excitation))
+    echo_time(ge::DiffusionSpinEcho) = 2 * (variables.effective_time(ge, :refocus) - variables.effective_time(ge, :excitation))
     delay(ge::DiffusionSpinEcho) = variables.duration_transverse(ge) - variables.echo_time(ge)
     diffusion_time(ge::DiffusionSpinEcho) = start_time(ge, :gradient2) - start_time(ge, :gradient)
 end