diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Context.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Context.kt
index 783792998..22b8b7ec9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Context.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Context.kt
@@ -292,6 +292,16 @@ fun Context.getCachedMedia(path: String, getVideosOnly: Boolean = false, getImag
             filteredMedia = media.filter { !it.path.contains("/.") } as ArrayList<Medium>
         }
 
+        if (path == "/") {
+            val excludedFolders = config.excludedFolders
+            filteredMedia = filteredMedia.filter {
+                val mediumPath = it.path
+                excludedFolders.none {
+                    mediumPath.startsWith(it, true)
+                }
+            } as ArrayList<Medium>
+        }
+
         val filterMedia = config.filterMedia
         filteredMedia = (when {
             getVideosOnly -> filteredMedia.filter { it.type == TYPE_VIDEOS }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/models/Directory.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/models/Directory.kt
index 6d8c217a1..ce5777efa 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/models/Directory.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/models/Directory.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ data class Directory(
 
     companion object {
         private const val serialVersionUID = -6553345863555455L
-        var sorting: Int = 0
+        var sorting = 0
     }
 
     override fun compareTo(other: Directory): Int {