diff --git a/vospace-ui-backend/src/main/java/it/inaf/ia2/vospace/ui/service/NodeInfo.java b/vospace-ui-backend/src/main/java/it/inaf/ia2/vospace/ui/service/NodeInfo.java
index 2108e33941d55eba03729a457d1d73a4be1ab62a..cb7cc33c04995afc354f5444d8a3288a393eb40f 100644
--- a/vospace-ui-backend/src/main/java/it/inaf/ia2/vospace/ui/service/NodeInfo.java
+++ b/vospace-ui-backend/src/main/java/it/inaf/ia2/vospace/ui/service/NodeInfo.java
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ public class NodeInfo {
             String prefix = "vos://" + authority;
             this.target = decodePath(((LinkNode) node).getTarget(), prefix);
             this.type = linkedNode.getType();
+        } else if (node instanceof LinkNode) {
+            this.target = ((LinkNode) node).getTarget();
+            this.type = "vos:DataNode"; // data link
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/vospace-ui-backend/src/test/java/it/inaf/ia2/vospace/ui/service/NodesHtmlGeneratorTest.java b/vospace-ui-backend/src/test/java/it/inaf/ia2/vospace/ui/service/NodesHtmlGeneratorTest.java
index 568ed1467680abee7e1c4deaa8fb6d34b07b43f8..b9d22fa13cf8ef03a78eaaaa562c643fc15d4b8f 100644
--- a/vospace-ui-backend/src/test/java/it/inaf/ia2/vospace/ui/service/NodesHtmlGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/vospace-ui-backend/src/test/java/it/inaf/ia2/vospace/ui/service/NodesHtmlGeneratorTest.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class NodesHtmlGeneratorTest {
         assertTrue(html.contains("<input type=\"checkbox\" data-node=\"/mynode/file1\" class=\"deletable\">"));
         assertTrue(html.contains("<span class=\"icon folder-link-icon\"></span>&nbsp;<a href=\"#/nodes/mynode\">link1</a>"));
         assertTrue(html.contains("<span class=\"icon link-icon\"></span>&nbsp;<a target=\"blank_\" href=\"download/mynode/link2\">link2</a>"));
-        assertTrue(html.contains("<span class=\"icon file-icon\"></span>&nbsp;<a target=\"blank_\" href=\"download/mynode/link3\">link3</a>"));
+        assertTrue(html.contains("<span class=\"icon link-icon\"></span>&nbsp;<a target=\"blank_\" href=\"download/mynode/link3\">link3</a>"));
     }
 
     private void setGroups(Node node, String groupRead, String groupWrite) {