diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Activity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Activity.kt
index d7797644a..ec99f9352 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Activity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Activity.kt
@@ -148,23 +148,19 @@ fun Activity.loadImage(path: String, target: MySquareImageView, horizontalScroll
             loadJpg(path, target, cropThumbnails)
         }
     } else if (path.isGif()) {
-        if (animateGifs) {
-            try {
-                val gifDrawable = GifDrawable(path)
-                target.setImageDrawable(gifDrawable)
-                if (animateGifs) {
-                    gifDrawable.start()
-                } else {
-                    gifDrawable.stop()
-                }
-
-                target.scaleType = if (cropThumbnails) ImageView.ScaleType.CENTER_CROP else ImageView.ScaleType.FIT_CENTER
-            } catch (e: Exception) {
-                loadJpg(path, target, cropThumbnails)
-            } catch (e: OutOfMemoryError) {
-                loadJpg(path, target, cropThumbnails)
+        try {
+            val gifDrawable = GifDrawable(path)
+            target.setImageDrawable(gifDrawable)
+            if (animateGifs) {
+                gifDrawable.start()
+            } else {
+                gifDrawable.stop()
             }
-        } else {
+
+            target.scaleType = if (cropThumbnails) ImageView.ScaleType.CENTER_CROP else ImageView.ScaleType.FIT_CENTER
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            loadJpg(path, target, cropThumbnails)
+        } catch (e: OutOfMemoryError) {
             loadJpg(path, target, cropThumbnails)
         }
     }