diff --git a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
index b16087d..a3dfff5 100755
--- a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def symlink(src, dst):
         import ctypes
         if ctypes.windll.kernel32.CreateSymbolicLinkW(toUnicode(dst), toUnicode(src), 1 if os.path.isdir(src) else 0) in [0, 1280]: raise ctypes.WinError()
     else:
-        os.link(toUnicode(src), toUnicode(dst))
+        os.symlink(toUnicode(src), toUnicode(dst))
 
 
 def getUserDir():