diff --git a/+PlotID/createLinkedHDF5.m b/+PlotID/createLinkedHDF5.m
index ffdffefae40300502eceaa03830d92e0b2d58c98..c7caae2e5204e8e6b2ce98f5930a3e1104d82348 100644
--- a/+PlotID/createLinkedHDF5.m
+++ b/+PlotID/createLinkedHDF5.m
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ end
 try
     fid = H5F.create(fullfile(TargetPath,[filename,ext]));
     %create External Link to Sourcefile in the Group linkToExternal
-    H5L.create_external(['..',filesep,SourceFile],'/',fid, SourceFile ,plist_id,plist_id);
-    %H5L.create_external(['..,filesep,'data',filesep,SourceFile],'/',fid, SourceFile ,plist_id,plist_id); %original
+    H5L.create_external(['..',SourceFile],'/',fid, SourceFile ,plist_id,plist_id);
+    %H5L.create_external(['..,filesep,'data',SourceFile],'/',fid, SourceFile ,plist_id,plist_id); %original
     H5F.close(fid);
     disp([fullfile(TargetPath,[filename,ext]),' created']);
     status = 1;