diff --git a/detr/models/detr_vae.py b/detr/models/detr_vae.py
index 8c193529..4ebbf68f 100644
--- a/detr/models/detr_vae.py
+++ b/detr/models/detr_vae.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ def build(args):
     if args.no_encoder:
         encoder = None
     else:
-        encoder = build_transformer(args)
+        encoder = build_encoder(args)
 
     model = DETRVAE(
         backbones,