diff --git a/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java b/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java
index b2e273f..cfdeb1f 100644
--- a/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java
+++ b/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
             DefaultLinkDescription linkDescription =
                     new DefaultLinkDescription(srcPoint,
                                                  snkPoint,
-                                                 Link.Type.DIRECT,
+                                                 Link.Type.OPTICAL,
                                                  extendedAttributes);
 
             linkProviderService.linkDetected(linkDescription);
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
             DefaultLinkDescription linkDescription =
                     new DefaultLinkDescription(srcPoint,
                                                  snkPoint,
-                                                 Link.Type.DIRECT,
+                                                 Link.Type.OPTICAL,
                                                  extendedAttributes);
 
             linkProviderService.linkDetected(linkDescription);