diff --git a/src/containers/base_sequences.jl b/src/containers/base_sequences.jl
index d5956408b93096035640bc4daeafca1733b9ceaa..9d024e7292afe2d9079197fde2b2a4b3de604912 100644
--- a/src/containers/base_sequences.jl
+++ b/src/containers/base_sequences.jl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Defines [`BaseSequence`](@ref) and [`Sequence`](@ref)
 module BaseSequences
 import StaticArrays: SVector
 import JuMP: @constraint
-import ...Variables: get_free_variable, VariableType, variables, set_simple_constraints!, make_generic, get_gradient, get_pulse, get_gradient, @defvar
+import ...Variables: get_free_variable, VariableType, variables, set_simple_constraints!, make_generic, get_gradient, get_pulse, get_gradient, @defvar, add_cost_function!
 import ...BuildSequences: global_scanner
 import ...Components: EventComponent, NoGradient, edge_times
 import ...Scanners: Scanner, B0
@@ -151,10 +151,11 @@ struct Sequence{S, N} <: BaseSequence{N}
     scanner :: Scanner
 end
 
-function Sequence(blocks::AbstractVector; name=:Sequence, scanner=nothing, variables...)
+function Sequence(blocks::AbstractVector; name=:Sequence, scanner=nothing, vars...)
     blocks = to_block_pair.(blocks)
     res = Sequence{name, length(blocks)}(SVector{length(blocks)}(blocks), isnothing(scanner) ? global_scanner() : scanner)
-    set_simple_constraints!(res, variables)
+    set_simple_constraints!(res, vars)
+    add_cost_function!(variables.duration(res), 3)
     return res
 end