diff --git a/net/.gitignore b/net/.gitignore
index 245f587c1..f877c3594 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 6dbeb004f..84133019f 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" "$netLogDateDir"
-ln -sfh "$netLogDateDir" "$netLogDir"
+ln -sf "$netLogDateDir" "$netLogDir"
 
 SOLANA_ROOT="$netDir"/..
 # shellcheck source=scripts/configure-metrics.sh
@@ -131,3 +131,4 @@ _setup_secondary_mount() {
     fi
   )
 }
+