diff --git a/Inst_eddies/Analysis/plot_eddy_contours.py b/Inst_eddies/Analysis/plot_eddy_contours.py
index 13c2fbe14839e051a86408046737ef7d8fe162ac..5962b7bd4d45f8e3294d1c845cd3cdb9c955cf34 100755
--- a/Inst_eddies/Analysis/plot_eddy_contours.py
+++ b/Inst_eddies/Analysis/plot_eddy_contours.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ from os import path
 from matplotlib import patches
 import f90nml
 import sys
-sys.path.append(path.join(sys.path[0], "../../Common"))
 import util_eddies
 
 def select_ishapes(d, handler, window = None):
diff --git a/Inst_eddies/Analysis/util_eddies.py b/Inst_eddies/Analysis/util_eddies.py
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d1f6b9611abbd324333b7e79ac1c96605ecbcd6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Inst_eddies/Analysis/util_eddies.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../Common/util_eddies.py
\ No newline at end of file