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 0260ade1d..10d99b9a6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
@@ -25,32 +25,29 @@ class GetDirectoriesAsynctask(val context: Context, val isPickVideo: Boolean, va
         val parents = context.getParents()
 
         parents.forEach {
-            val dir = File(it)
-            if (dir.isDirectory) {
-                val filenames = dir.list()
-                if (filenames?.size ?: 0 > 0) {
-                    for (filename in filenames) {
-                        val isImage = filename.isImageFast() || filename.isGif()
-                        val isVideo = if (isImage) false else filename.isVideoFast()
+            val filenames = File(it).list()
+            if (filenames?.size ?: 0 > 0) {
+                for (filename in filenames) {
+                    val isImage = filename.isImageFast() || filename.isGif()
+                    val isVideo = if (isImage) false else filename.isVideoFast()
 
-                        if (!isImage && !isVideo)
-                            continue
+                    if (!isImage && !isVideo)
+                        continue
 
-                        if (isVideo && (isPickImage || showMedia == IMAGES))
-                            continue
+                    if (isVideo && (isPickImage || showMedia == IMAGES))
+                        continue
 
-                        if (isImage && (isPickVideo || showMedia == VIDEOS))
-                            continue
+                    if (isImage && (isPickVideo || showMedia == VIDEOS))
+                        continue
 
-                        val file = File(it, filename)
-                        val size = file.length()
-                        if (size == 0L)
-                            continue
+                    val file = File(it, filename)
+                    val size = file.length()
+                    if (size == 0L)
+                        continue
 
-                        val dateModified = file.lastModified()
-                        val medium = Medium(filename, file.absolutePath, isVideo, dateModified, dateModified, size)
-                        media.add(medium)
-                    }
+                    val dateModified = file.lastModified()
+                    val medium = Medium(filename, file.absolutePath, isVideo, dateModified, dateModified, size)
+                    media.add(medium)
                 }
             }
         }
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 ccdad77d3..47042f219 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/context.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/extensions/context.kt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fun Context.getParents(): ArrayList<String> {
     }
 
     val parents = ArrayList<String>()
-    parentsSet.mapTo(parents, { it })
+    parentsSet.filterTo(parents, { File(it).isDirectory })
 
     if (config.showHiddenFolders) {
         parents.addAll(getNoMediaFolders())