diff --git a/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaUtil.py b/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaUtil.py
index dd9ec2cf..886319f0 100644
--- a/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaUtil.py
+++ b/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaUtil.py
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ def getDirs(section, subsection):
                     makeDir(newPath)
 
                 # move file to its new path
-                shutil.move(mediafile, os.path.join(newPath, os.path.split(mediafile)[1]))
+                copy_link(mediafile, os.path.join(newPath, os.path.split(mediafile)[1]), 'hard')
 
         removeEmptyFolders(path, removeRoot=False)