diff --git a/DAMASK_env.csh b/DAMASK_env.csh
index 73a008b34..e8a0a2c05 120000
--- a/DAMASK_env.csh
+++ b/DAMASK_env.csh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-./env/DAMASK.csh
\ No newline at end of file
+env/DAMASK.csh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DAMASK_env.sh b/DAMASK_env.sh
index 2ec9efd4a..264b07d52 120000
--- a/DAMASK_env.sh
+++ b/DAMASK_env.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-./env/DAMASK.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+env/DAMASK.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DAMASK_env.zsh b/DAMASK_env.zsh
index 7af0ffdbc..cf3a247ef 120000
--- a/DAMASK_env.zsh
+++ b/DAMASK_env.zsh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-./env/DAMASK.zsh
\ No newline at end of file
+env/DAMASK.zsh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PRIVATE b/PRIVATE
index 057371b82..19a53f622 160000
--- a/PRIVATE
+++ b/PRIVATE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 057371b82e3f5e880271b9631ace46c54280a753
+Subproject commit 19a53f6229603aeafb2466b58679a1cd04fc0142
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 85d08b940..12e0d6df0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.0.1-803-gdd68374
+v2.0.1-805-gdc3eda3
diff --git a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Dislotwin_TWIP-Steel-FeMnC.config b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Dislotwin_TWIP-Steel-FeMnC.config
index e7c9d4e19..0330e6f4a 100644
--- a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Dislotwin_TWIP-Steel-FeMnC.config
+++ b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Dislotwin_TWIP-Steel-FeMnC.config
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ q_slip              1.0             # q-exponent in glide velocity
 CLambdaSlip         10.0            # Adj. parameter controlling dislocation mean free path
 D0                  4.0e-5          # Vacancy diffusion prefactor [m**2/s]
 Qsd                 4.5e-19         # Activation energy for climb [J]
-Catomicvolume       1.0             # Adj. parameter controlling the atomic volume [in b]
+Catomicvolume       1.0             # Adj. parameter controlling the atomic volume [in b^3]
 Cedgedipmindistance 1.0             # Adj. parameter controlling the minimum dipole distance [in b]
 atol_rho            1.0
 interactionSlipSlip 0.122 0.122 0.625 0.07 0.137 0.122 # Interaction coefficients (Kubin et al. 2008)
diff --git a/processing/post/addLinked.py b/processing/post/addLinked.py
index 5ea9abe43..c7fa53a88 100755
--- a/processing/post/addLinked.py
+++ b/processing/post/addLinked.py
@@ -48,17 +48,16 @@ if options.asciitable is not None and os.path.isfile(options.asciitable):
                                   buffered = False,
                                   readonly = True) 
   linkedTable.head_read()                                                                           # read ASCII header info of linked table
-  if linkedTable.label_dimension(options.link[1]) != 1:
-    parser.error('linking column {} needs to be scalar valued.'.format(options.link[1]))
+  linkDim = linkedTable.label_dimension(options.link[1])                                            # dimension of linking column
 
-  missing_labels = linkedTable.data_readArray([options.link[1]]+options.label)
+  missing_labels = linkedTable.data_readArray([options.link[1]]+options.label)                      # try reading linked ASCII table
   linkedTable.close()                                                                               # close linked ASCII table
 
   if len(missing_labels) > 0:
     damask.util.croak('column{} {} not found...'.format('s' if len(missing_labels) > 1 else '',', '.join(missing_labels)))
 
-  index = linkedTable.data[:,0]
-  data  = linkedTable.data[:,1:]
+  index = linkedTable.data[:,:linkDim]
+  data  = linkedTable.data[:,linkDim:]
 else:
   parser.error('no linked ASCIItable given.')
 
@@ -80,8 +79,10 @@ for name in filenames:
 
   errors = []
 
-  linkColumn = table.label_index(options.link[0])  
-  if linkColumn <  0: errors.append('linking column {} not found.'.format(options.link[0]))
+  myLink    = table.label_index    (options.link[0])  
+  myLinkDim = table.label_dimension(options.link[0])  
+  if myLink <  0:          errors.append('linking column {} not found.'.format(options.link[0]))
+  if myLinkDim != linkDim: errors.append('dimension mismatch for column {}.'.format(options.link[0]))
 
   if errors != []:
     damask.util.croak(errors)
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ for name in filenames:
 # ------------------------------------------ assemble header --------------------------------------
 
   table.info_append(scriptID + '\t' + ' '.join(sys.argv[1:]))
-  table.labels_append(linkedTable.labels(raw = True)[1:])                                           # extend with new labels (except for linked column)
+  table.labels_append(linkedTable.labels(raw = True)[linkDim:])                                     # extend with new labels (except for linked column)
   
   table.head_write()
 
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ for name in filenames:
   outputAlive = True
   while outputAlive and table.data_read():                                                          # read next data line of ASCII table
     try:
-      table.data_append(data[np.argwhere(index == float(table.data[linkColumn]))[0]])               # add data from first matching line
+      table.data_append(data[np.argwhere(np.all((map(float,table.data[myLink:myLink+myLinkDim]) - index)==0,axis=1))[0]])  # add data of first matching line
     except IndexError:
       table.data_append(np.nan*np.ones_like(data[0]))                                               # or add NaNs
     outputAlive = table.data_write()                                                                # output processed line