diff --git a/csst_common/data_manager.py b/csst_common/data_manager.py
index 1594601dff59c7698532595744109d56fe9ea9c3..e14483e03da141f807081392e5f6cdd94f73ba01 100644
--- a/csst_common/data_manager.py
+++ b/csst_common/data_manager.py
@@ -587,10 +587,11 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
         os.mkdir(dir_l0)
         os.mkdir(dir_l1)
 
-        for i_rec in range(len(tbl)):  # make symbolic links
+        print("Making symbolic links ...")
+        for i_rec in range(len(tbl)):
             os.symlink(
                 src=os.path.join(dir_l0, tbl["file_path"][i_rec]),
-                dst=os.path.join(dfs_root, tbl["file_path"][i_rec]),
+                dst=os.path.join(dfs_root, os.path.basename(tbl["file_path"][i_rec])),
             )
 
         if datatype == "mbi":