diff --git a/aehmc/hmc.py b/aehmc/hmc.py
index c42e701..326bed5 100644
--- a/aehmc/hmc.py
+++ b/aehmc/hmc.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 def kernel(
     srng: RandomStream,
-    potential_fn: Callable[[TensorVariable], TensorVariable],
+    logprob_fn: TensorVariable,
     step_size: TensorVariable,
     inverse_mass_matrix: TensorVariable,
     num_integration_steps: TensorVariable,
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ def kernel(
     ----------
     srng
         RandomStream object.
-    potential_fn
-        A function that returns the potential energy of a chain at a given position.
+    logprob_fn
+        A function that returns the value of the log-probability density
+        function of a chain at a given position.
     step_size
         The step size used in the symplectic integrator
     inverse_mass_matrix
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ def kernel(
 
     """
 
+    def potential_fn(x):
+        return -logprob_fn(x)
+
     momentum_generator, kinetic_energy_fn, _ = metrics.gaussian_metric(
         inverse_mass_matrix
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_hmc.py b/tests/test_hmc.py
index e792fd2..82640b9 100644
--- a/tests/test_hmc.py
+++ b/tests/test_hmc.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import aehmc.nuts as nuts
 
 
-def normal_logp(q: TensorVariable):
+def normal_potential(q: TensorVariable):
     return aet.sum(aet.square(q - 3.0))
 
 
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@ def build_hmc_trajectory_generator(
     inverse_mass_matrix = aet.vector("inverse_mass_matrix")
     num_integration_steps = aet.scalar("num_integration_steps", dtype="int32")
 
+    def logprob_fn(x):
+        return -potential_fn(x)
+
     kernel = kernel_generator(
-        srng, potential_fn, step_size, inverse_mass_matrix, num_integration_steps
+        srng, logprob_fn, step_size, inverse_mass_matrix, num_integration_steps
     )
 
     trajectory, updates = aesara.scan(
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ def test_hmc():
     inverse_mass_matrix = np.array([1.0])
 
     trajectory_generator = build_hmc_trajectory_generator(
-        srng, hmc.kernel, normal_logp, 50_000
+        srng, hmc.kernel, normal_potential, 50_000
     )
     positions, *_ = trajectory_generator(
         initial_position, step_size, inverse_mass_matrix, num_integration_steps
@@ -74,13 +77,13 @@ def test_nuts():
     srng = RandomStream(seed=59)
 
     q = aet.vector("q")
-    potential_energy = normal_logp(q)
+    potential_energy = normal_potential(q)
     potential_energy_grad = aesara.grad(potential_energy, wrt=q)
 
     step_size = aet.scalar("step_size", dtype="float64")
     inverse_mass_matrix = aet.vector("inverse_mass_matrix", dtype="float64")
 
-    kernel = nuts.kernel(srng, normal_logp, step_size, inverse_mass_matrix)
+    kernel = nuts.kernel(srng, normal_potential, step_size, inverse_mass_matrix)
     result, updates = kernel(q, potential_energy, potential_energy_grad)
 
     trajectory_generator = aesara.function(