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 25a73c17d..09098adaf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), DirectoryAdapter.DirOperationsListener {
             val getProperDateTaken = config.directorySorting and SORT_BY_DATE_TAKEN != 0
 
             for (directory in dirs) {
-                val curMedia = mediaFetcher.getFilesFrom(directory.path, getImagesOnly, getVideosOnly, config.directorySorting, getProperDateTaken)
+                val curMedia = mediaFetcher.getFilesFrom(directory.path, getImagesOnly, getVideosOnly, getProperDateTaken)
                 val newDir = if (curMedia.isEmpty()) {
                     directory
                 } else {
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), DirectoryAdapter.DirOperationsListener {
 
             // check the remaining folders which were not cached at all yet
             for (folder in foldersToScan) {
-                val newMedia = mediaFetcher.getFilesFrom(folder, getImagesOnly, getVideosOnly, config.directorySorting, getProperDateTaken)
+                val newMedia = mediaFetcher.getFilesFrom(folder, getImagesOnly, getVideosOnly, getProperDateTaken)
                 if (newMedia.isEmpty()) {
                     continue
                 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetMediaAsynctask.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetMediaAsynctask.kt
index d7e17dd43..1f03be404 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetMediaAsynctask.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetMediaAsynctask.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.simplemobiletools.gallery.asynctasks
 import android.content.Context
 import android.os.AsyncTask
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.helpers.SORT_BY_DATE_TAKEN
+import com.simplemobiletools.commons.models.FileDirItem.Companion.sorting
 import com.simplemobiletools.gallery.extensions.config
 import com.simplemobiletools.gallery.helpers.MediaFetcher
 import com.simplemobiletools.gallery.models.Medium
@@ -14,20 +15,19 @@ class GetMediaAsynctask(val context: Context, val mPath: String, val isPickImage
     private val mediaFetcher = MediaFetcher(context)
 
     override fun doInBackground(vararg params: Void): ArrayList<Medium> {
-        val sorting = context.config.getFileSorting(mPath)
         val getProperDateTaken = sorting and SORT_BY_DATE_TAKEN != 0
         return if (showAll) {
             val foldersToScan = mediaFetcher.getFoldersToScan()
             val media = ArrayList<Medium>()
             foldersToScan.forEach {
-                val newMedia = mediaFetcher.getFilesFrom(it, isPickImage, isPickVideo, sorting, getProperDateTaken)
+                val newMedia = mediaFetcher.getFilesFrom(it, isPickImage, isPickVideo, getProperDateTaken)
                 media.addAll(newMedia)
             }
 
             MediaFetcher(context).sortMedia(media, context.config.getFileSorting(""))
             media
         } else {
-            mediaFetcher.getFilesFrom(mPath, isPickImage, isPickVideo, sorting, getProperDateTaken)
+            mediaFetcher.getFilesFrom(mPath, isPickImage, isPickVideo, getProperDateTaken)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/MediaFetcher.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/MediaFetcher.kt
index 8221d01ef..bb577941c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/MediaFetcher.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/helpers/MediaFetcher.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import java.io.File
 class MediaFetcher(val context: Context) {
     var shouldStop = false
 
-    fun getFilesFrom(curPath: String, isPickImage: Boolean, isPickVideo: Boolean, sorting: Int, getProperDateTaken: Boolean): ArrayList<Medium> {
+    fun getFilesFrom(curPath: String, isPickImage: Boolean, isPickVideo: Boolean, getProperDateTaken: Boolean): ArrayList<Medium> {
         val filterMedia = context.config.filterMedia
         if (filterMedia == 0) {
             return ArrayList()
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class MediaFetcher(val context: Context) {
             curMedia.addAll(newMedia)
         }
 
-        sortMedia(curMedia, sorting)
+        sortMedia(curMedia, context.config.getFileSorting(curPath))
         return curMedia
     }