diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Config.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Config.kt
index 90616901..0cecb0ae 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Config.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Config.kt
@@ -75,4 +75,8 @@ class Config(context: Context) : BaseConfig(context) {
     var enableRootAccess: Boolean
         get() = prefs.getBoolean(ENABLE_ROOT_ACCESS, false)
         set(enableRootAccess) = prefs.edit().putBoolean(ENABLE_ROOT_ACCESS, enableRootAccess).apply()
+
+    var lsHasHardLinksColumn: Boolean
+        get() = prefs.getBoolean(LS_HAS_HARD_LINKS_COLUMN, false)
+        set(lsHasHardLinksColumn) = prefs.edit().putBoolean(LS_HAS_HARD_LINKS_COLUMN, lsHasHardLinksColumn).apply()
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Constants.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Constants.kt
index 7c908a1a..3921e77b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Constants.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Constants.kt
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ val SORT_FOLDER_PREFIX = "sort_folder_"
 val TEMPORARILY_SHOW_HIDDEN = "temporarily_show_hidden"
 val IS_ROOT_AVAILABLE = "is_root_available"
 val ENABLE_ROOT_ACCESS = "enable_root_access"
+val LS_HAS_HARD_LINKS_COLUMN = "ls_has_hard_links_column"
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 6546c910..5c4bcc1f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/helpers/RootHelpers.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/helpers/RootHelpers.kt
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ import java.util.*
 
 class RootHelpers {
     fun askRootIFNeeded(activity: SimpleActivity, callback: (success: Boolean) -> Unit) {
-        val SIMPLE_MOBILE_TOOLS = "simple mobile tools"
-        val command = object : Command(0, "echo $SIMPLE_MOBILE_TOOLS") {
+        val command = object : Command(0, "ls -la | awk '{ print $2 }'") {
             override fun commandOutput(id: Int, line: String) {
-                if (line == SIMPLE_MOBILE_TOOLS)
-                    callback(true)
+                activity.config.lsHasHardLinksColumn = line.areDigitsOnly()
+                callback(true)
                 super.commandOutput(id, line)
             }
         }
@@ -32,8 +31,9 @@ class RootHelpers {
     fun getFiles(activity: SimpleActivity, path: String, callback: (fileDirItems: ArrayList<FileDirItem>) -> Unit) {
         val files = ArrayList<FileDirItem>()
         val showHidden = activity.config.shouldShowHidden
+        val sizeColumnIndex = if (activity.config.lsHasHardLinksColumn) 5 else 4
 
-        val cmd = "ls -la $path | awk '{ system(\"echo \"\$1\" \"\$4\" `find $path/\"\$NF\" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | wc -l` \"\$NF\" \")}'"
+        val cmd = "ls -la $path | awk '{ system(\"echo \"\$1\" \"\$$sizeColumnIndex\" `find ${path.trimEnd('/')}/\"\$NF\" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 | wc -l` \"\$NF\" \")}'"
         val command = object : Command(0, cmd) {
             override fun commandOutput(id: Int, line: String) {
                 val parts = line.split(" ")