diff --git a/tools/mmseqs2/mmseqs2_taxonomy_assignment.xml b/tools/mmseqs2/mmseqs2_taxonomy_assignment.xml
index ea7bb84cab9..52e189ec3a1 100644
--- a/tools/mmseqs2/mmseqs2_taxonomy_assignment.xml
+++ b/tools/mmseqs2/mmseqs2_taxonomy_assignment.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ mmseqs createdb
     --shuffle $createdb.shuffle &&
 ls -lah &&
 ls -lah '$createtaxdb.database_type.mmseqs2_db_select.fields.path'* &&
+ln -s  '$createtaxdb.database_type.mmseqs2_db_select.fields.path' taxdb &&
 mmseqs createtaxdb
-    '$createtaxdb.database_type.mmseqs2_db_select.fields.path'
+    'taxdb'
     'tmp'
     #if '$createtaxdb.tax_mapping_file'
     --tax-mapping-file '$createtaxdb.tax_mapping_file'