diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js
index 287201b96a79306bd6771ec6d1ae4b99b01fa039..0f69cb0a91ee494d00b7b500f0ba71dff02e0aa8 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ $.extend(DefaultProfile.prototype, {
 			return ($.inArray(spaceCode, this.inventorySpaces) !== -1);
 		}
 		
+		this.directLinkEnabled = true;
 		this.directLinkURL = null; //To be set during initialization using info retrieved from the DSS configuration by the reporting plugin
 		
 		this.hideCodes = true;
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/DataSetForm/widgets/DatasetViewerModel.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/DataSetForm/widgets/DatasetViewerModel.js
index 8555455163cb47e577c4cf1f5b022893beeec48c..24192116fc58f9ff03bc943615d869cbc41f2405 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/DataSetForm/widgets/DatasetViewerModel.js
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/DataSetForm/widgets/DatasetViewerModel.js
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ function DataSetViewerModel(containerId, profile, sample, serverFacade, datastor
 	}
 	
 	this.getDirectDirectoryLink = function(datasetCode, datasetFile) {
-		var directLink = profile.directLinkURL + this.sample.experimentIdentifierOrNull.substring(1) + "/" + datasetCode + "/" + datasetFile.pathInDataSet + "/";
-		var directLinkComponent = "<span onclick=\"" + "Util.showDirectLink('" + directLink + "')" + "\" class='glyphicon glyphicon-hdd'></span>";
-//		var directLink = "<span onclick=\"" + "window.open('" + directLinkURL + "')" + "\" class='glyphicon glyphicon-hdd'></span>";
+		var directLinkComponent = null;
+		if(profile.directLinkEnabled) {
+			var directLink = profile.directLinkURL + this.sample.experimentIdentifierOrNull.substring(1) + "/" + datasetCode + "/" + datasetFile.pathInDataSet + "/";
+			directLinkComponent = "<span onclick=\"" + "Util.showDirectLink('" + directLink + "')" + "\" class='glyphicon glyphicon-hdd'></span>";
+		}
 		return directLinkComponent;
 	}