diff --git a/bin/init_laravel b/bin/init_laravel
index 1365356..65818a4 100755
--- a/bin/init_laravel
+++ b/bin/init_laravel
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ fi
 
 # Set up symlink for files dir.
 files_link "${APP_ROOT}/storage/app/public"
-sudo fix_laravel_permissions
+# public/storage dir is normally linked from the storage/app/public 
+# but in our case they are both a symlink to shared storage 
+# This replaces the need of "php artisan storage:link"
+files_link "${APP_ROOT}/public/storage"
 
-php artisan storage:link
+sudo fix_laravel_permissions