diff --git a/scripts/install_services.sh b/scripts/install_services.sh
index e944b5ac0..0ef70bb55 100755
--- a/scripts/install_services.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_services.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ create_necessary_dirs() {
 
   sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/exclude_species_list.txt $my_dir/scripts
   sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/include_species_list.txt $my_dir/scripts
+  sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/whitelist_species_list.txt $my_dir/scripts
   sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/homepage/* ${EXTRACTED}
   sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/model/labels.txt ${my_dir}/scripts
   sudo -u ${USER} ln -fs $my_dir/scripts ${EXTRACTED}