diff --git a/haggis.c b/haggis.c
index a5c8b38..01a98c8 100644
--- a/haggis.c
+++ b/haggis.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ haggis_node* haggis_create_node(char *file, haggis_algorithm a, haggis_linkmap *
 
     node = calloc(1, sizeof(haggis_node));
     if (node == NULL) return NULL;
-    if (stat(file, &st) != 0) {
+    if (lstat(file, &st) != 0) {
         free(node);
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 522c5cf..d782c20 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ tests      += fnv1a_hash_str
 tests      += linkmap_init
 tests      += linkmap_put
 tests      += create_dir_node
+tests      += create_symlink_node
 
 total      != echo $(tests) | wc -w | awk '{ print $$1 }'
 
diff --git a/test/create_dir_node.c b/test/create_dir_node.c
index 07846ce..0709ba7 100644
--- a/test/create_dir_node.c
+++ b/test/create_dir_node.c
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ int main() {
     assert(memcmp(path, node->name.name, 6) == 0);
     haggis_node_deinit(node);
     haggis_linkmap_deinit(map);
+    return 0;
 }
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diff --git a/test/create_symlink_node.c b/test/create_symlink_node.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6942a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/create_symlink_node.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "haggis.h"
+
+int main() {
+    haggis_linkmap *map;
+    haggis_node    *node;
+    char           *path = "output/dev";
+
+    map = haggis_linkmap_init();
+    assert(map != NULL);
+    symlink("device", "output/dev");
+    node = haggis_create_node(path, sha256, map);
+    assert(node->filetype.tag == softlink);
+    assert(memcmp(path, node->name.name, 10) == 0);
+    assert(memcmp(node->filetype.f_type.target.name, "device", 6) == 0);
+    haggis_node_deinit(node);
+    haggis_linkmap_deinit(map);
+    return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/test/init_file b/test/init_file
deleted file mode 100755
index 2139d4b..0000000
Binary files a/test/init_file and /dev/null differ