diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f2b9457..ebc1d1f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -131,3 +131,9 @@ dmypy.json
 
 pytest-tmp/
 wandb/
+
+# psiflow internal and its symlinks
+psiflow_internal/
+psiflow_log
+psiflow_submit_scripts
+psiflow_task_logs
diff --git a/psiflow/execution.py b/psiflow/execution.py
index 44238ff..ba44be9 100644
--- a/psiflow/execution.py
+++ b/psiflow/execution.py
@@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ def new_file(self, prefix: str, suffix: str) -> File:
     @classmethod
     def from_config(
         cls,
-        path: Optional[Union[str, Path]] = None,
         parsl_log_level: str = "WARNING",
         usage_tracking: int = 3,
         retries: int = 2,
@@ -457,10 +456,10 @@ def from_config(
         container_engine: str = "apptainer",
         container_addopts: str = " --no-eval -e --no-mount home -W /tmp --writable-tmpfs",
         container_entrypoint: str = "/opt/entry.sh",
+        make_symlinks: bool = True,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> ExecutionContext:
-        if path is None:
-            path = Path.cwd().resolve() / "psiflow_internal"
+        path = Path.cwd().resolve() / "psiflow_internal"
         psiflow.resolve_and_check(path)
         if path.exists():
             shutil.rmtree(path)
@@ -548,7 +547,17 @@ def from_config(
             internal_tasks_max_threads=internal_tasks_max_threads,
             # std_autopath=std_autopath,
         )
-        return ExecutionContext(config, definitions, path / "context_dir")
+        context = ExecutionContext(config, definitions, path / "context_dir")
+
+        if make_symlinks:
+            src, dest = Path.cwd() / f'psiflow_log', path / 'parsl.log'
+            _create_symlink(src, dest)
+            src, dest = Path.cwd() / f'psiflow_submit_scripts', path / '000' / 'submit_scripts'
+            _create_symlink(src, dest, is_dir=True)
+            src, dest = Path.cwd() / f'psiflow_task_logs', path / '000' / 'task_logs'
+            _create_symlink(src, dest, is_dir=True)
+
+        return context
 
 
 class ExecutionContextLoader:
@@ -573,10 +582,6 @@ def load(
                         "use_threadpool": True,
                     },
                 }
-                path = Path.cwd() / ".psiflow_internal"
-                if path.exists():
-                    shutil.rmtree(path)
-                psiflow_config["path"] = path
             else:
                 assert len(sys.argv) == 2
                 path_config = psiflow.resolve_and_check(Path(sys.argv[1]))
@@ -666,3 +671,16 @@ def __call__(self, command: str, tasks_per_node: int, nodes_per_block: int) -> s
 class MyWorkQueueExecutor(WorkQueueExecutor):
     def _get_launch_command(self, block_id):
         return self.worker_command
+
+
+def _create_symlink(src: Path, dest: Path, is_dir: bool = False) -> None:
+    """Create or replace symbolic link"""
+    if src.is_symlink():
+        src.unlink()
+    if is_dir:
+        dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    else:
+        dest.touch(exist_ok=True)
+    src.symlink_to(dest, target_is_directory=is_dir)
+
+