diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 8ddda5e..9d42a40 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -178,8 +178,9 @@ function stub_site_definition {
     mkdir -p "$SITE_PATH" "$PROJECT_PATH/sites"
 
     # create a symlink from the PROJECT_PATH/sites/DOMAIN_NAME to the ss-sites/domain name
-    if [ ! -d "$PROJECT_PATH/sites/$DOMAIN_NAME" ]; then
-        ln -s "$SITE_PATH" "$PROJECT_PATH/sites/$DOMAIN_NAME"
+    DOMAIN_SYMLINK_PATH="$PROJECT_PATH/sites/$DOMAIN_NAME"
+    if [ ! -L "$DOMAIN_SYMLINK_PATH" ]; then
+        ln -r -s "$SITE_PATH" "$DOMAIN_SYMLINK_PATH"
     fi
 
     if [ ! -f "$SITE_PATH/site.conf" ]; then
@@ -226,8 +227,9 @@ export PROJECT_PATH="$PROJECTS_PATH/$PROJECT_NAME"
 mkdir -p "$PROJECT_PATH" "$REMOTE_PATH/projects"
 
 # create a symlink from ./remotepath/projects/project
-if [ ! -d "$REMOTE_PATH/projects/$PROJECT_NAME" ]; then
-    ln -s "$PROJECT_PATH" "$REMOTE_PATH/projects/$PROJECT_NAME"
+PROJECT_SYMLINK="$REMOTE_PATH/projects/$PROJECT_NAME"
+if [ ! -L "$PROJECT_SYMLINK" ]; then
+    ln -r -s "$PROJECT_PATH" "$PROJECT_SYMLINK"
 fi
 
 # check to see if the enf file exists. exist if not.