diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/config/nexus/nxscripts_common_1.tcl b/site_ansto/instrument/config/nexus/nxscripts_common_1.tcl
index 0fac6099..4662ab93 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/config/nexus/nxscripts_common_1.tcl
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/config/nexus/nxscripts_common_1.tcl
@@ -151,7 +151,11 @@ proc ::nexus::link {args} {
         ::hdb::set_save / true
         ::hdb::set_save $::histogram_memory::HP_HMM false
         set ::counter::HP_BM [getatt monitor_counts hdb_path]
-        hsetprop $::counter::HP_BM link data_set
+        if [sicslist exists monitor_counts linkname] {
+          hsetprop $::counter::HP_BM link data_set [getatt monitor_counts linkname]
+        } else {
+          hsetprop $::counter::HP_BM link data_set
+        }
         hsetprop $::counter::HP_BM @signal 1
         set nvars [SplitReply [bmonscan noscanvar]]
         if {$nvars == 0} {
@@ -160,7 +164,11 @@ proc ::nexus::link {args} {
         for { set i 0 } { $i < $nvars } { incr i } {
           set axis_name [lindex [split [lindex [split [bmonscan getvarpar $i]] 0] "."] 1]
           set node_name [SplitReply [sicslist $axis_name hdb_path]]
-          hsetprop $node_name link data_set
+          if [sicslist exists $axis_name linkname] {
+            hsetprop $node_name link data_set [getatt $axis_name linkname]
+          } else {
+            hsetprop $node_name link data_set
+          }
           lappend axes_list $axis_name
         }
         set axes [join $axes_list ":"]
@@ -173,10 +181,18 @@ proc ::nexus::link {args} {
         ::histogram_memory::set_axes $filetype
       }
       foreach sobj [sicslist link data_set] {
-        hsetprop [getatt $sobj hdb_path] link data_set
+        if [sicslist exists $sobj linkname] {
+          hsetprop [getatt $sobj hdb_path] link data_set [getatt $sobj linkname]
+        } else {
+          hsetprop [getatt $sobj hdb_path] link data_set
+        }
       }
       foreach sobj [sicslist link parameters_group] {
-        hsetprop [getatt $sobj hdb_path] link parameters_group
+        if [sicslist exists $sobj linkname] {
+          hsetprop [getatt $sobj hdb_path] link parameters_group [getatt $sobj linkname]
+        } else {
+          hsetprop [getatt $sobj hdb_path] link parameters_group
+        }
       }
     } message ] {
       return -code error "([info level 0]) $message"