diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/developer/filepicker/utils/Utility.java b/library/src/main/java/com/developer/filepicker/utils/Utility.java
index 4ebea679f09bf552f4a0c674fc4f44ce98b3a731..2bf2cc8cd911403592a947a020b7fd33b1e505e0 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/developer/filepicker/utils/Utility.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/developer/filepicker/utils/Utility.java
@@ -28,29 +28,24 @@ public class Utility {
     public static ArrayList<FileListItem>
     prepareFileListEntries(ArrayList<FileListItem> internalList, File inter,
                            ExtensionFilter filter, boolean show_hidden_files) {
-        try {
-            for (File name : Objects.requireNonNull(inter.listFiles(filter))) {
-                if (name.canRead()) {
-                    if (name.getName().startsWith(".") && !show_hidden_files){
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    FileListItem item = new FileListItem();
-                    item.setFilename(name.getName());
-                    item.setDirectory(name.isDirectory());
-                    try {
-                        item.setLocation(name.getCanonicalPath());
-                    } catch (IOException e) {
-                        e.printStackTrace();
-                    }
-                    item.setTime(name.lastModified());
-                    internalList.add(item);
+        for (File name : Objects.requireNonNull(inter.listFiles(filter))) {
+            if (name.canRead()) {
+                if (name.getName().startsWith(".") && !show_hidden_files) {
+                    continue;
                 }
+                FileListItem item = new FileListItem();
+                item.setFilename(name.getName());
+                item.setDirectory(name.isDirectory());
+                try {
+                    item.setLocation(name.getCanonicalPath());
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+                item.setTime(name.lastModified());
+                internalList.add(item);
             }
-            Collections.sort(internalList);
-        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            internalList = new ArrayList<>();
         }
+        Collections.sort(internalList);
         return internalList;
     }
 }