diff --git a/linux/projects/compile b/linux/projects/compile
index e50b9fe57..59d6ad95e 100755
--- a/linux/projects/compile
+++ b/linux/projects/compile
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ for i in $2*.$srcext
 do
 n=`basename $i .$srcext`
 of=../../exed/$n.$dstext
-of1=../../exe/$n.$dstext
 ./$compiler $i $of
+of1=../../exe/$n.$dstext
 if [ ! -L $of1 ];
 then
-	ln -s $of $of1
+	dir=`pwd`
+	cd ../../exe/
+	ln -s ../exed/$n.$dstext $n.$dstext
+	cd $dir
 fi
 done