diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/nntp_handler.cpp b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/nntp_handler.cpp
index a4c675f..6ecf4b0 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/nntp_handler.cpp
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/nntp_handler.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ void NNTPServerHandler::ArticleObtained()
   {
     m_article->close();
     m_article = nullptr;
+    m_store.EnsureSymlinks(m_articleName);
     QueueLine("239 " + m_articleName);
     std::cerr << "stored " << m_articleName << std::endl;
   }
diff --git a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/storage.cpp b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/storage.cpp
index f31262c..eec66a7 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/storage.cpp
+++ b/contrib/backends/nntpchan-daemon/libnntpchan/storage.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ bool ArticleStorage::LoadThread(Thread &thread, const std::string &rootmsgid) co
 void ArticleStorage::EnsureSymlinks(const std::string &msgid) const
 {
   std::string msgidhash = Blake2B_base32(msgid);
-  skiplist_dir(posts_skiplist_dir, msgidhash);
+  auto skip = skiplist_dir(skiplist_root(posts_skiplist_dir), msgidhash) / msgidhash;
+  auto path = fs::path("..") / fs::path("..") / fs::path("..") / MessagePath(msgid);
+  fs::create_symlink(path, skip);
+  errno = 0;
 }
 
 fs::path ArticleStorage::skiplist_root(const std::string &name) const { return basedir / name; }