diff --git a/include/constants.php b/include/constants.php
index b603f0b7..93f8b677 100644
--- a/include/constants.php
+++ b/include/constants.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
-defined('VERSION_NUMBER') || define('VERSION_NUMBER', '1.8.8');
-defined('RELEASE_DATE') || define('RELEASE_DATE', '2023-09-25');
+defined('VERSION_NUMBER') || define('VERSION_NUMBER', '1.8.9');
+defined('RELEASE_DATE') || define('RELEASE_DATE', '2023-09-29');
 defined('IN_TRACKER') || define('IN_TRACKER', false);
 defined('PROJECTNAME') || define("PROJECTNAME","NexusPHP");
 defined('NEXUSPHPURL') || define("NEXUSPHPURL","https://nexusphp.org");
diff --git a/nexus/Install/Install.php b/nexus/Install/Install.php
index d95fd5bc..4e6b38f6 100644
--- a/nexus/Install/Install.php
+++ b/nexus/Install/Install.php
@@ -596,7 +596,11 @@ class Install
     {
         foreach ($symbolicLinks as $path) {
             $linkName = ROOT_PATH . 'public/' . basename($path);
-            if (is_link($linkName)) {
+            if (is_link($linkName) || is_file($linkName)) {
+                $delResult = unlink($linkName);
+                $this->doLog("path: $linkName already exits, try to delete it, delResult: " . var_export($delResult, true));
+            }
+            if (is_dir($linkName)) {
                 $this->doLog("path: $linkName already exits, skip create symbolic link $linkName -> $path");
                 continue;
             }