diff --git a/tools/bakta/bakta.xml b/tools/bakta/bakta.xml
index 4a835ba2698..356fc757840 100644
--- a/tools/bakta/bakta.xml
+++ b/tools/bakta/bakta.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <expand macro="version_command"/>
     <command detect_errors="aggressive"><![CDATA[
 mkdir -p ./database_path/amrfinderplus-db &&
-ln -s '$(input_option.bakta_db_select.fields.path)'/* database_path &&
+for file in '$(input_option.bakta_db_select.fields.path)'/*; do [ -f "\$file" ] && ln -s "\$file" database_path; done &&
 ln -s '$(input_option.amrfinder_db_select.fields.path)/' database_path/amrfinderplus-db/latest &&
 
 bakta 
diff --git a/tools/bakta/macro.xml b/tools/bakta/macro.xml
index 0a3d0db7675..632df7db4af 100644
--- a/tools/bakta/macro.xml
+++ b/tools/bakta/macro.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <macros>
     <token name="@TOOL_VERSION@">1.9.4</token>
     <token name="@COMPATIBLE_BAKTA_VERSION@">1.7</token>
-    <token name="@VERSION_SUFFIX@">1</token>
+    <token name="@VERSION_SUFFIX@">2</token>
     <token name="@PROFILE@">21.05</token>
     <xml name="version_command">
         <version_command><![CDATA[bakta --version]]></version_command>