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