diff --git a/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java b/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java
index f071579a5..9b1f29ee3 100644
--- a/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java
+++ b/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public final class Utils {
         try {
             Process sh = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("sh");
             OutputStream out = sh.getOutputStream();
-            String command = "/system/bin/ln -s " + inFile.getAbsolutePath() + " " + outFile
+            String command = "/system/bin/ln -s " + inFile + " " + outFile
                     + "\nexit\n";
             out.write(command.getBytes("ASCII"));
 
diff --git a/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/localrepo/LocalRepoManager.java b/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/localrepo/LocalRepoManager.java
index 5b21235a2..a1d05ba7f 100644
--- a/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/localrepo/LocalRepoManager.java
+++ b/src/org/fdroid/fdroid/localrepo/LocalRepoManager.java
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ public class LocalRepoManager {
             // the user will always find the bootstrap page.
             File fdroidDirIndex = new File(fdroidDir, "index.html");
             fdroidDirIndex.delete();
-            Utils.symlinkOrCopyFile(indexHtml, fdroidDirIndex);
+            Utils.symlinkOrCopyFile(new File("../index.html"), fdroidDirIndex);
             File repoDirIndex = new File(repoDir, "index.html");
             repoDirIndex.delete();
-            Utils.symlinkOrCopyFile(indexHtml, repoDirIndex);
+            Utils.symlinkOrCopyFile(new File("../../index.html"), repoDirIndex);
             // add in /FDROID/REPO to support bad QR Scanner apps
             File fdroidCAPS = new File(fdroidDir.getParentFile(), "FDROID");
             fdroidCAPS.mkdir();
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ public class LocalRepoManager {
             repoCAPS.mkdir();
             File fdroidCAPSIndex = new File(fdroidCAPS, "index.html");
             fdroidCAPSIndex.delete();
-            Utils.symlinkOrCopyFile(indexHtml, fdroidCAPSIndex);
+            Utils.symlinkOrCopyFile(new File("../index.html"), fdroidCAPSIndex);
             File repoCAPSIndex = new File(repoCAPS, "index.html");
             repoCAPSIndex.delete();
-            Utils.symlinkOrCopyFile(indexHtml, repoCAPSIndex);
+            Utils.symlinkOrCopyFile(new File("../../index.html"), repoCAPSIndex);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }