diff --git a/earthdiagnostics/ocean/maxmoc.py b/earthdiagnostics/ocean/maxmoc.py
index 1051d158adb442578e7801272f71e963f807c24c..18f27417203fdfcb9ba029da3940f373a54e4fb3 100644
--- a/earthdiagnostics/ocean/maxmoc.py
+++ b/earthdiagnostics/ocean/maxmoc.py
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ class MaxMoc(Diagnostic):
         box.max_depth = options['max_depth']
 
         job_list = list()
-        for startdate in diags.startdates:
-            for member in diags.members:
+        for startdate in diags.config.experiment.startdates:
+            for member in diags.config.experiment.members:
                 years = diags.config.experiment.get_full_years(startdate)
                 if len(years) == 0:
                     Log.user_warning('No complete years are available with the given configuration. '
diff --git a/test/unit/test_maxmoc.py b/test/unit/test_maxmoc.py
index f31c58222b182c49d5e7635e0c0d708eb48be17e..99c2fca6da18126d818ec305728a900ef5d4bb1b 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_maxmoc.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_maxmoc.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ class TestMaxMoc(TestCase):
     def test_generate_jobs(self):
         self.diags = Mock()
         self.diags.model_version = 'model_version'
-        self.diags.startdates = ('20010101',)
-        self.diags.members = (0,)
+        self.diags.config.experiment.startdates = ('20010101',)
+        self.diags.config.experiment.members = (0,)
         self.diags.config.experiment.get_full_years.return_value = (2000, 2001)
 
         jobs = MaxMoc.generate_jobs(self.diags, ['psi', '0', '0', '0', '0'])