diff --git a/examples/plot_example.py b/examples/plot_example.py
index c148a3e17d8e185f219f4b13434420349839f3e3..4f662b78dba0863a01b62412671b5ad65a383ddc 100644
--- a/examples/plot_example.py
+++ b/examples/plot_example.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import km3io
 # Just pass a filename to the reader class and get access to the event tree
 # with:
 
-f = km3io.DAQReader("samples/daq_v1.0.0.root")
+f = km3io.OnlineReader("samples/daq_v1.0.0.root")
 
 #####################################################
 # Note that only some meta information is read into memory.