diff --git a/GPy/kern/__init__.py b/GPy/kern/__init__.py
index 718be74f..0e1f8a0d 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/__init__.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/__init__.py
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ from _src.poly import Poly
 from _src.eq_ode2 import EQ_ODE2
 
 from _src.trunclinear import TruncLinear,TruncLinear_inf
-from _src.splitKern import SplitKern,DiffGenomeKern
+from _src.splitKern import SplitKern,DEtime
+from _src.splitKern import DEtime as DiffGenomeKern
 
diff --git a/GPy/kern/_src/splitKern.py b/GPy/kern/_src/splitKern.py
index 27e4f76b..3b2e5716 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/_src/splitKern.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/_src/splitKern.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from kern import Kern,CombinationKernel
 from .independent_outputs import index_to_slices
 import itertools
 
-class DiffGenomeKern(Kern):
+class DEtime(Kern):
 
     def __init__(self, kernel, idx_p, Xp, index_dim=-1, name='DiffGenomeKern'):
         self.idx_p = idx_p