diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 3f2f995ca..713a23aed 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), DirectoryAdapter.DirOperationsListener {
         }
 
         mCurrAsyncTask = GetDirectoriesAsynctask(applicationContext, mIsPickVideoIntent || mIsGetVideoContentIntent, mIsPickImageIntent || mIsGetImageContentIntent) {
+            config.temporarilyShowHidden = false
             gotDirectories(it)
         }
         mCurrAsyncTask!!.execute()
@@ -179,7 +180,8 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), DirectoryAdapter.DirOperationsListener {
     }
 
     private fun temporarilyShowHidden() {
-
+        config.temporarilyShowHidden = true
+        getDirectories()
     }
 
     private fun checkIfColorChanged() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
index 790214824..6ca074485 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class GetDirectoriesAsynctask(val context: Context, val isPickVideo: Boolean, va
     private fun groupDirectories(media: ArrayList<Medium>): Map<String, Directory> {
         val hidden = context.resources.getString(R.string.hidden)
         val directories = LinkedHashMap<String, Directory>()
-        val showHidden = config.showHiddenFolders
+        val showHidden = config.showHiddenFolders || config.temporarilyShowHidden
         for ((name, path, isVideo, dateModified, dateTaken, size) in media) {
             if (shouldStop)
                 cancel(true)
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 8905cca0b..2af019bfd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/context.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/context.kt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ fun Context.getParents(): ArrayList<String> {
 
     val noMediaFolders = getNoMediaFolders()
     val parents = ArrayList<String>()
-    if (config.showHiddenFolders) {
+    if (config.showHiddenFolders || config.temporarilyShowHidden) {
         parentsSet.addAll(noMediaFolders)
     }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fun Context.getParents(): ArrayList<String> {
     parentsSet.filterTo(parents, {
         val file = File(it)
         if (file.isDirectory && file.canonicalFile == file.absoluteFile) {  // filter out symbolic links too
-            if (!config.showHiddenFolders) {
+            if (!config.showHiddenFolders && !config.temporarilyShowHidden) {
                 isFolderVisible(it, noMediaFolders)
             } else
                 true
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/Config.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/Config.kt
index 8e9a771df..93891608e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/Config.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/Config.kt
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ class Config(context: Context) : BaseConfig(context) {
         get() = prefs.getBoolean(SHOW_HIDDEN_FOLDERS, false)
         set(showHiddenFolders) = prefs.edit().putBoolean(SHOW_HIDDEN_FOLDERS, showHiddenFolders).apply()
 
+    var temporarilyShowHidden: Boolean
+        get() = prefs.getBoolean(TEMPORARILY_SHOW_HIDDEN, false)
+        set(temporarilyShowHidden) = prefs.edit().putBoolean(TEMPORARILY_SHOW_HIDDEN, temporarilyShowHidden).apply()
+
     var pinnedFolders: Set<String>
         get() = prefs.getStringSet(PINNED_FOLDERS, HashSet<String>())
         set(pinnedFolders) = prefs.edit().putStringSet(PINNED_FOLDERS, pinnedFolders).apply()
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/Constants.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/Constants.kt
index 7c5262f7c..4142e1635 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/Constants.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/Constants.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ val SORT_ORDER = "sort_order"
 val DIRECTORY_SORT_ORDER = "directory_sort_order"
 val SORT_FOLDER_PREFIX = "sort_folder_"
 val SHOW_HIDDEN_FOLDERS = "show_hidden_folders"
+val TEMPORARILY_SHOW_HIDDEN = "temporarily_show_hidden"
 val AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS = "autoplay_videos"
 val LOOP_VIDEOS = "loop_videos"
 val ANIMATE_GIFS = "animate_gifs"