diff --git a/csst_common/data_manager.py b/csst_common/data_manager.py
index e14483e03da141f807081392e5f6cdd94f73ba01..ff9f7324e858339ddee83de875d60d9b0e48f602 100644
--- a/csst_common/data_manager.py
+++ b/csst_common/data_manager.py
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
         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, os.path.basename(tbl["file_path"][i_rec])),
+                src=os.path.join(dir_l0, os.path.basename(tbl["file_path"][i_rec])),
+                dst=os.path.join(dfs_root, tbl["file_path"][i_rec]),
             )
 
         if datatype == "mbi":