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 a802e0da9..0e21e0b2b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class ViewPagerActivity : SimpleActivity(), ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, View
 
         Thread({
             if (needsPermissions) {
-                val document = getFileDocument(mPath, config.treeUri)
+                val document = getFileDocument(file.absolutePath, config.treeUri)
 
                 // double check we have the uri to the proper file path, not some parent folder
                 val uri = URLDecoder.decode(document.uri.toString(), "UTF-8")