diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
index 554d4f80b..d2dbba586 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import android.app.WallpaperManager
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import android.net.Uri
-import android.os.AsyncTask
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.support.v7.widget.GridLayoutManager
 import android.util.Log
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), MediaAdapter.MediaOperationsListener {
     private val SAVE_MEDIA_CNT = 40
 
     private var mMedia = ArrayList<Medium>()
-    private var mCurrAsyncTask: GetMediaAsynctask? = null
 
     private var mPath = ""
     private var mIsGetImageIntent = false
@@ -81,7 +79,6 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), MediaAdapter.MediaOperationsListener {
 
     override fun onPause() {
         super.onPause()
-        mCurrAsyncTask?.shouldStop = true
         mIsGettingMedia = false
         media_refresh_layout.isRefreshing = false
         mStoredAnimateGifs = config.animateGifs
@@ -245,10 +242,9 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), MediaAdapter.MediaOperationsListener {
         }
 
         mLoadedInitialPhotos = true
-        mCurrAsyncTask = GetMediaAsynctask(applicationContext, mPath, mIsGetVideoIntent, mIsGetImageIntent, mShowAll) {
+        GetMediaAsynctask(applicationContext, mPath, mIsGetVideoIntent, mIsGetImageIntent, mShowAll) {
             gotMedia(it)
-        }
-        mCurrAsyncTask!!.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR)
+        }.execute()
     }
 
     private fun isDirEmpty(): Boolean {
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 358f1e1ca..5d100a63e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable
 import android.hardware.SensorManager
 import android.media.ExifInterface
 import android.net.Uri
-import android.os.AsyncTask
 import android.os.Build
 import android.os.Bundle
 import android.provider.MediaStore
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ class ViewPagerActivity : SimpleActivity(), ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, View
     private var mMedia = ArrayList<Medium>()
     private var mPath = ""
     private var mDirectory = ""
-    private var mCurrAsyncTask: GetMediaAsynctask? = null
 
     private var mIsFullScreen = false
     private var mPos = -1
@@ -155,7 +153,6 @@ class ViewPagerActivity : SimpleActivity(), ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, View
 
     override fun onPause() {
         super.onPause()
-        mCurrAsyncTask?.shouldStop = true
         mOrientationEventListener.disable()
     }
 
@@ -411,7 +408,7 @@ class ViewPagerActivity : SimpleActivity(), ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, View
     }
 
     private fun reloadViewPager() {
-        mCurrAsyncTask = GetMediaAsynctask(applicationContext, mDirectory, false, false, mShowAll) {
+        GetMediaAsynctask(applicationContext, mDirectory, false, false, mShowAll) {
             mMedia = it
             if (isDirEmpty())
                 return@GetMediaAsynctask
@@ -426,8 +423,7 @@ class ViewPagerActivity : SimpleActivity(), ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, View
             updatePagerItems()
             invalidateOptionsMenu()
             checkOrientation()
-        }
-        mCurrAsyncTask!!.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR)
+        }.execute()
     }
 
     private fun getProperPosition(): Int {
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 949ccd7d6..d8aec86d3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetMediaAsynctask.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetMediaAsynctask.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import java.util.*
 class GetMediaAsynctask(val context: Context, val mPath: String, val isPickVideo: Boolean = false, val isPickImage: Boolean = false,
                         val showAll: Boolean, val callback: (media: ArrayList<Medium>) -> Unit) :
         AsyncTask<Void, Void, Unit>() {
-    var shouldStop = false
     var media = ArrayList<Medium>()
 
     override fun doInBackground(vararg params: Void): Unit {
@@ -56,9 +55,6 @@ class GetMediaAsynctask(val context: Context, val mPath: String, val isPickVideo
             var isVideo: Boolean
 
             do {
-                if (shouldStop)
-                    cancel(true)
-
                 path = cur.getStringValue(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA)
                 size = cur.getLongValue(MediaStore.Images.Media.SIZE)
                 if (size == 0L) {