diff --git a/net/.gitignore b/net/.gitignore
index f877c3594..245f587c1 100644
--- a/net/.gitignore
+++ b/net/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 /config/
-/log/
+/log
diff --git a/net/common.sh b/net/common.sh
index 84133019f..6dbeb004f 100644
--- a/net/common.sh
+++ b/net/common.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if [[ -d $netLogDir && ! -L $netLogDir ]]; then
   mv "$netLogDir" "$netDir"/log.old
 fi
 mkdir -p "$netConfigDir" "$netLogDateDir"
-ln -sf "$netLogDateDir" "$netLogDir"
+ln -sfh "$netLogDateDir" "$netLogDir"
 
 SOLANA_ROOT="$netDir"/..
 # shellcheck source=scripts/configure-metrics.sh
@@ -131,4 +131,3 @@ _setup_secondary_mount() {
     fi
   )
 }
-