diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
index 990660a9c..0ef4f722f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
@@ -232,27 +232,29 @@ class ViewPagerActivity : SimpleActivity(), ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, View
     private fun saveImageAs() {
         val currPath = getCurrentPath()
         SaveAsDialog(this, currPath) {
-            val selectedFile = File(it)
-            val tmpFile = File(selectedFile.parent, "tmp_${it.getFilenameFromPath()}")
-            try {
-                val bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(currPath)
-                getFileOutputStream(tmpFile) {
-                    saveFile(tmpFile, bitmap, it)
-                    if (needsStupidWritePermissions(selectedFile.absolutePath)) {
-                        deleteFile(selectedFile) {}
-                    }
+            Thread({
+                val selectedFile = File(it)
+                val tmpFile = File(selectedFile.parent, "tmp_${it.getFilenameFromPath()}")
+                try {
+                    val bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(currPath)
+                    getFileOutputStream(tmpFile) {
+                        saveFile(tmpFile, bitmap, it)
+                        if (needsStupidWritePermissions(selectedFile.absolutePath)) {
+                            deleteFile(selectedFile) {}
+                        }
 
-                    renameFile(tmpFile, selectedFile) {
-                        deleteFile(tmpFile) {}
+                        renameFile(tmpFile, selectedFile) {
+                            deleteFile(tmpFile) {}
+                        }
                     }
+                } catch (e: OutOfMemoryError) {
+                    toast(R.string.out_of_memory_error)
+                    deleteFile(tmpFile) {}
+                } catch (e: Exception) {
+                    toast(R.string.unknown_error_occurred)
+                    deleteFile(tmpFile) {}
                 }
-            } catch (e: OutOfMemoryError) {
-                toast(R.string.out_of_memory_error)
-                deleteFile(tmpFile) {}
-            } catch (e: Exception) {
-                toast(R.string.unknown_error_occurred)
-                deleteFile(tmpFile) {}
-            }
+            }).start()
         }
     }