diff --git a/rules/evaluate.smk b/rules/evaluate.smk
index 18f8313d2d0d77fbb8f60b899f9fb8b5972c1efb..f3a4d3557ae8d48943b3c35d8d6b64b89f13d562 100644
--- a/rules/evaluate.smk
+++ b/rules/evaluate.smk
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def merylDB(wildcards):
 	return samples.loc[(wildcards.asmID), "merylDB"]
 
 
-localrules: symlinkUnzippedHiC_R1, symlinkUnzippedHiC_R2, symlinkUnzippedFasta_PRI, symlinkUnzippedFasta_ALT, moveBuscoOutputs, saveConfiguration_and_getKeyValues_kmer, saveConfiguration_and_getKeyValues, aggregateAllAssemblies, makeReport, pretextMaps2md, addFullTable, aggregateReport
+localrules: symlinkUnzippedHiC_R1, symlinkUnzippedHiC_R2, symlinkUnzippedFasta_PRI, symlinkUnzippedFasta_ALT, symlinkMerylDB, moveBuscoOutputs, saveConfiguration_and_getKeyValues_kmer, saveConfiguration_and_getKeyValues, aggregateAllAssemblies, makeReport, pretextMaps2md, addFullTable, aggregateReport
 
 def HiC_R1_gzipped(wildcards):
 	return yesGzip_HiC_R1.loc[(wildcards.asmID), "HiC_R1"]
@@ -419,16 +419,28 @@ def altFile(wildcards):
 	else:
 		return os.path.join(workflow.basedir, "scripts/ALT_missing.fasta")
 
+rule symlinkMerylDB:
+	input:
+		merylDB_provided=merylDB
+	output:
+		symlink_merylDB=directory(os.path.join(config['Results'], "1_evaluation/{asmID}/04_merquryQVandKAT/merylDB_providedFor_{asmID}.meryl"))
+	container:
+		None
+	shell:
+		"""
+		ln -s {input.merylDB_provided} {output.symlink_merylDB}
+		"""
 
 rule merqury:
 	input:
 		assemblyPRI=os.path.join(config['Results'], "1_evaluation/{asmID}/01_unzipFastas/{asmID}.PRI.fasta"),
 		assemblyALT=altFile,
-		merylDB_provided=merylDB
+#		merylDB_provided=merylDB
+		merylDB=os.path.join(config['Results'], "1_evaluation/{asmID}/04_merquryQVandKAT/merylDB_providedFor_{asmID}.meryl")
 	params:
 		outFile= "{asmID}" + "_merqOutput",
 		outPath= os.path.join(config['Results'],"1_evaluation/{asmID}/04_merquryQVandKAT"),
-		symlink_merylDB=directory(os.path.join(config['Results'], "1_evaluation/{asmID}/04_merquryQVandKAT/merylDB_providedFor_{asmID}.meryl"))
+#		symlink_merylDB=directory(os.path.join(config['Results'], "1_evaluation/{asmID}/04_merquryQVandKAT/merylDB_providedFor_{asmID}.meryl"))
 	threads:
 		resource['merqury']['threads']
 	resources:
@@ -452,9 +464,9 @@ rule merqury:
 		"""
 		cd {params.outPath}
 		export OMP_NUM_THREADS={threads}
-		ln -s {input.merylDB_provided} {params.symlink_merylDB}
-		(merqury.sh {params.symlink_merylDB} {input.assemblyPRI} {input.assemblyALT} {params.outFile}) &> {log}
+		(merqury.sh {input.merylDB} {input.assemblyPRI} {input.assemblyALT} {params.outFile}) &> {log}
 		"""
+#		ln -s {input.merylDB_provided} {params.symlink_merylDB}
 
 
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