diff --git a/tests/FIRE/test.py b/tests/FIRE/test.py
index eaf380d9..6866e3ac 100755
--- a/tests/FIRE/test.py
+++ b/tests/FIRE/test.py
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
 restart_file = subprocess.check_output(command,shell=True)
 restart_file=str(restart_file[:-1],'utf-8')
 print(restart_file)
-os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
+try:
+  os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
+except FileExistsError:
+  os.remove('wave.out')
+  os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
 
 command = "{} {} -c {}".format(mpicmd,exe,inp2)
 print(command)
diff --git a/tests/LBFGS/test.py b/tests/LBFGS/test.py
index 2ff69c9a..324fd129 100755
--- a/tests/LBFGS/test.py
+++ b/tests/LBFGS/test.py
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@
 restart_file = subprocess.check_output(command,shell=True)
 restart_file=str(restart_file[:-1],'utf-8')
 print(restart_file)
-os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
+
+try:
+  os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
+except FileExistsError:
+  os.remove('wave.out')
+  os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
 
 command = "{} {} -c {} -i {} -l {}".format(mpicmd,exe,inp2,coords,lrs)
 print(command)
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@
 os.remove('wave.out')
 
 if force>tol:
+  print("Force larger than tol {}".format(tol))
   sys.exit(1)
 
 sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/tests/MD_D72/test.py b/tests/MD_D72/test.py
index a664b305..17b70de2 100755
--- a/tests/MD_D72/test.py
+++ b/tests/MD_D72/test.py
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@
 restart_file=str(restart_file[:-1],'utf-8')
 print(restart_file)
 
-os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
+try:
+  os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
+except FileExistsError:
+  os.remove('wave.out')
+  os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
 
 command = "{} {} -c {} -i {}".format(mpicmd,exe,inp2,coords)
 output2 = subprocess.check_output(command,shell=True)
diff --git a/tests/ShortSighted/test.py b/tests/ShortSighted/test.py
index 9b731f4c..27da7f7d 100755
--- a/tests/ShortSighted/test.py
+++ b/tests/ShortSighted/test.py
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@
 restart_file=str(restart_file[:-1],'utf-8')
 print(restart_file)
 
-os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
+try:
+  os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
+except FileExistsError:
+  os.remove('wave.out')
+  os.symlink(restart_file, 'wave.out')
 
 command = "{} {} -c {}".format(mpicmd,exe,inp2)
 output2 = subprocess.check_output(command,shell=True)