diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/MainActivity.kt
index c21ee979..b91d4c8e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.SCROLL_STATE
 import com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.dialogs.ChangeSortingDialog
 import com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.extensions.config
 import com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.fragments.ItemsFragment
+import com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.helpers.RootHelpers
 import com.stericson.RootTools.RootTools
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.*
 import java.util.*
@@ -256,6 +257,11 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), ItemsFragment.ItemInteractionListener, Br
     private fun checkIfRootAvailable() {
         Thread({
             config.isRootAvailable = RootTools.isRootAvailable()
+            if (config.isRootAvailable && config.enableRootAccess) {
+                RootHelpers().askRootIFNeeded(this) {
+                    config.enableRootAccess = it
+                }
+            }
         }).start()
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/fragments/ItemsFragment.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/fragments/ItemsFragment.kt
index 92f9d63d..30190825 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/fragments/ItemsFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/fragments/ItemsFragment.kt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class ItemsFragment : Fragment(), ItemsAdapter.ItemOperationsListener {
     }
 
     private fun getRootItemsOf(path: String, callback: (items: ArrayList<FileDirItem>) -> Unit) {
-        RootHelpers().getFiles(context, path.trimEnd('/'), callback)
+        RootHelpers().getFiles(activity as SimpleActivity, path.trimEnd('/'), callback)
     }
 
     private fun getChildren(file: File): Int {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/helpers/RootHelpers.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/helpers/RootHelpers.kt
index 2ec907ee..c16c7e05 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/helpers/RootHelpers.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/helpers/RootHelpers.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.helpers
 
-import android.content.Context
 import android.text.TextUtils
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.extensions.showErrorToast
 import com.simplemobiletools.commons.models.FileDirItem
@@ -37,9 +36,9 @@ class RootHelpers {
         }
     }
 
-    fun getFiles(context: Context, path: String, callback: (fileDirItems: ArrayList<FileDirItem>) -> Unit) {
+    fun getFiles(activity: SimpleActivity, path: String, callback: (fileDirItems: ArrayList<FileDirItem>) -> Unit) {
         val files = ArrayList<FileDirItem>()
-        val showHidden = context.config.shouldShowHidden
+        val showHidden = activity.config.shouldShowHidden
 
         val cmd = "ls -la $path | awk '{ system(\"echo \"\$1\" \"\$4\" `find $path/\"\$NF\" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | wc -l` \"\$NF\" \")}'"
         val command = object : Command(0, cmd) {
@@ -76,8 +75,12 @@ class RootHelpers {
                 super.commandCompleted(id, exitcode)
             }
         }
-        RootTools.getShell(true).add(command)
+        try {
+            RootTools.getShell(true).add(command)
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            activity.showErrorToast(e)
+        }
     }
 
-    private fun areDigitsOnly(value: String) = value.matches(Regex("[0-9 ]+"))
+    private fun areDigitsOnly(value: String) = value.matches(Regex("[0-9]+"))
 }