diff --git a/pykat/node_network.py b/pykat/node_network.py
index e5db68304399b711c3844de435c9c2c3c09dc013..dca7ad77a4bd62c7a857c4d494667c68b67948ae 100644
--- a/pykat/node_network.py
+++ b/pykat/node_network.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import pykat.exceptions as pkex
 
 from pykat.components import Component, NodeGaussSetter
 from pykat.detectors import BaseDetector as Detector
-from pykat.optics.gaussian_beams import beam_param
+from pykat import beam_param
 from copy import deepcopy
 
 class NodeNetwork(object):