diff --git a/src/activator.rs b/src/activator.rs
index 980a93b..441d940 100644
--- a/src/activator.rs
+++ b/src/activator.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use anyhow::{Result, anyhow};
+use anyhow::{Context, anyhow};
 use log::{debug, trace};
 
 use crate::types::{Game, Link, ModdedInstance, RootConfig};
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub fn activate_instance(
     root_config: &RootConfig,
     instance: &ModdedInstance,
     target: impl AsRef<Path>,
-) -> Result<()> {
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // TODO: Resolve game for instance config
     let game = root_config
         .games()
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ pub fn activate_instance(
 
     resolved_links
         .iter()
-        .try_for_each(|link| apply_link(link, target.as_ref()))?;
-    create_plugins_txt(instance, target.as_ref())?;
+        .try_for_each(|link| apply_link(link, &target))
+        .with_context(|| "Creating links")?;
+    create_plugins_txt(instance, target.as_ref()).with_context(|| "Creating Pluginx.txt")?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ fn resolve_links(
 ) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<Link>> {
     let game_links = game.export_links()?;
     let mod_links = resolve_link_for_instance(root_config, instance)?;
-    let overrides = instance.game_file_overrides().to_owned();
+    let overrides: Vec<Link> = instance.game_file_overrides().to_owned();
 
     let mut map: HashMap<PathBuf, PathBuf> = HashMap::new();
 
@@ -103,8 +104,6 @@ fn link_file(target: &Path, link_name: &Path) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
 }
 
 fn create_symlink_for_file(target: &Path, link_name: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
-    let absolute_path = fs::canonicalize(target)?;
-
     trace!(
         "Creating symlink at {} with target {}",
         link_name.to_string_lossy(),
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ fn create_symlink_for_file(target: &Path, link_name: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
 
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
-        unix::fs::symlink(absolute_path, link_name)
+        unix::fs::symlink(target, link_name)
     }
 
     #[cfg(windows)]