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 a7165c1c9..2050d4798 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class GetDirectoriesAsynctask(val context: Context, val isPickVideo: Boolean, va
             val firstItem = curMedia.first()
             val lastItem = curMedia.last()
             val parentDir = if (hasOTG && firstItem.path.startsWith(OTG_PATH)) firstItem.path.getParentPath() else File(firstItem.path).parent
-            var thumbnail = firstItem.path
+            var thumbnail = curMedia.firstOrNull { context.getDoesFilePathExist(it.path) }?.path ?: ""
             if (thumbnail.startsWith(OTG_PATH)) {
                 thumbnail = thumbnail.getOTGPublicPath(context)
             }