diff --git a/scripts/SANS/sans/user_file/state_director.py b/scripts/SANS/sans/user_file/state_director.py
index 606b58507669c9d0e59e1f7c1683c7a08f88c9a2..8ca3dd696f396185d9df84b0c3d3c5452298b9ae 100644
--- a/scripts/SANS/sans/user_file/state_director.py
+++ b/scripts/SANS/sans/user_file/state_director.py
@@ -666,8 +666,8 @@ class StateDirectorISIS(object):
                     start_times_hab.append(times.start)
                     stop_times_hab.append(times.stop)
                 elif times.detector_type is DetectorType.LAB:
-                    start_times_hab.append(times.start)
-                    stop_times_hab.append(times.stop)
+                    start_times_lab.append(times.start)
+                    stop_times_lab.append(times.stop)
                 else:
                     RuntimeError("UserFileStateDirector: The specified detector {0} is not "
                                  "known".format(times.detector_type))
diff --git a/scripts/SANS/sans/user_file/user_file_parser.py b/scripts/SANS/sans/user_file/user_file_parser.py
index 0dafbe2c88eb78571b32ef9449ff9ea6e2b1d4ec..7365bc41db2cb07b7541ac9bcb8c701f10cba861 100644
--- a/scripts/SANS/sans/user_file/user_file_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/SANS/sans/user_file/user_file_parser.py
@@ -839,9 +839,10 @@ class MaskParser(UserFileComponentParser):
 
         # Time Mask
         self._time_or_t = "\\s*(TIME|T)\\s*"
-        self._detector_time = "\\s*((" + self._hab + "|" + self._lab + ")"+"\\s*/\\s*)?\\s*"
-        self._time_pattern = re.compile(start_string + self._detector_time + self._time_or_t + space_string +
-                                        self._two_floats + end_string)
+        self._detector_time = "\\s*((" + self._hab + "|" + self._lab + ")"+"\\s*)?\\s*"
+        self._time_pattern = re.compile(start_string + self._detector_time + "/?" + self._time_or_t + space_string +
+                                        self._two_floats + end_string + "|" + start_string + self._time_or_t +
+                                        "/?" + self._detector_time + space_string + self._two_floats + end_string)
 
         # Block mask
         self._v_plus_h = "\\s*" + self._v + integer_number + "\\s*\\+\\s*" + self._h + integer_number
@@ -859,7 +860,6 @@ class MaskParser(UserFileComponentParser):
     def parse_line(self, line):
         # Get the settings, ie remove command
         setting = UserFileComponentParser.get_settings(line, MaskParser.get_type_pattern())
-
         # Determine the qualifier and extract the user setting
         if self._is_block_mask(setting):
             output = self._extract_block_mask(setting)
@@ -983,12 +983,13 @@ class MaskParser(UserFileComponentParser):
         if has_hab is not None or has_lab is not None:
             key = MaskId.time_detector
             detector_type = DetectorType.HAB if has_hab is not None else DetectorType.LAB
-            regex_string = "\s*(" + self._hab + ")\s*/\s*" if has_hab else "\s*(" + self._lab + ")\s*/\s*"
+            regex_string = "\s*(" + self._hab + ")\s*" if has_hab else "\s*(" + self._lab + ")\s*"
             min_and_max_time_range = re.sub(regex_string, "", line)
         else:
             key = MaskId.time
             detector_type = None
             min_and_max_time_range = line
+        min_and_max_time_range = re.sub("\s*/\s*", "", min_and_max_time_range)
         min_and_max_time_range = re.sub(self._time_or_t, "", min_and_max_time_range)
         min_and_max_time = extract_float_range(min_and_max_time_range)
         return {key: range_entry_with_detector(start=min_and_max_time[0], stop=min_and_max_time[1],
diff --git a/scripts/test/SANS/user_file/user_file_parser_test.py b/scripts/test/SANS/user_file/user_file_parser_test.py
index 918eec84912c2b7f6bc369638304f4678af530a2..18d8ec015d110cb7f3eea8028401afa35f7ed917 100644
--- a/scripts/test/SANS/user_file/user_file_parser_test.py
+++ b/scripts/test/SANS/user_file/user_file_parser_test.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from sans.user_file.user_file_parser import (DetParser, LimitParser, MaskParser,
                                              MaskFileParser, MonParser, PrintParser, BackParser, SANS2DParser, LOQParser,
                                              UserFileParser, LARMORParser, CompatibilityParser)
 from sans.user_file.settings_tags import (DetectorId, BackId, range_entry, back_single_monitor_entry,
-                                          single_entry_with_detector, mask_angle_entry, LimitsId, rebin_string_values,
+                                          single_entry_with_detector, mask_angle_entry, LimitsId,
                                           simple_range, complex_range, MaskId, mask_block, mask_block_cross,
                                           mask_line, range_entry_with_detector, SampleId, SetId, set_scales_entry,
                                           position_entry, TransId, TubeCalibrationFileId, QResolutionId, FitId,
@@ -316,7 +316,11 @@ class MaskParserTest(unittest.TestCase):
                           "MASK/REAR/T 13 35": {MaskId.time_detector: range_entry_with_detector(start=13, stop=35,
                                                 detector_type=DetectorType.LAB)},
                           "MASK/FRONT/TIME 33 35": {MaskId.time_detector: range_entry_with_detector(start=33, stop=35,
-                                                    detector_type=DetectorType.HAB)}
+                                                    detector_type=DetectorType.HAB)},
+                          "MASK/TIME/REAR 13 35": {MaskId.time_detector: range_entry_with_detector(start=13, stop=35,
+                                                   detector_type=DetectorType.LAB)},
+                          "MASK/T/FRONT 33 35": {MaskId.time_detector: range_entry_with_detector(start=33, stop=35,
+                                                 detector_type=DetectorType.HAB)}
                           }
 
         invalid_settings = {"MASK/TIME 12 34 4 ": RuntimeError,
@@ -1069,5 +1073,6 @@ class UserFileParserTest(unittest.TestCase):
         # Act + Assert
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, user_file_parser.parse_line, "DetT/DKDK/ 23 23")
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()