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 384af1343..7d167f334 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
@@ -456,16 +456,10 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), MediaAdapter.MediaOperationsListener {
         mIsGettingMedia = true
         if (!mLoadedInitialPhotos) {
             getCachedMedia(mPath) {
-                val shouldShowHidden = config.shouldShowHidden
-                var media = it
-                if (!shouldShowHidden) {
-                    media = media.filter { !it.name.startsWith('.') } as ArrayList<Medium>
-                }
-
-                if (media.isEmpty()) {
+                if (it.isEmpty()) {
                     media_refresh_layout.isRefreshing = true
                 } else {
-                    gotMedia(media, true)
+                    gotMedia(it, true)
                 }
             }
         } else {
@@ -485,8 +479,9 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), MediaAdapter.MediaOperationsListener {
             deleteDirectoryIfEmpty()
             finish()
             true
-        } else
+        } else {
             false
+        }
     }
 
     private fun tryToggleTemporarilyShowHidden() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Context.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Context.kt
index 74718a1f7..906c0f026 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Context.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/Context.kt
@@ -258,7 +258,12 @@ fun Context.getCachedMedia(path: String, callback: (ArrayList<Medium>) -> Unit)
     Thread {
         val mediumDao = galleryDB.MediumDao()
         val media = mediumDao.getMediaFromPath(path) as ArrayList<Medium>
-        callback(media)
+        val shouldShowHidden = config.shouldShowHidden
+        var filteredMedia = media
+        if (!shouldShowHidden) {
+            filteredMedia = media.filter { !it.name.startsWith('.') } as ArrayList<Medium>
+        }
+        callback(filteredMedia)
 
         media.filter { !File(it.path).exists() }.forEach {
             mediumDao.deleteMediumPath(it.path)