diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/dialogs/CreateNewItemDialog.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/dialogs/CreateNewItemDialog.kt
index a68615f1..a2ce9b3e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/dialogs/CreateNewItemDialog.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/dialogs/CreateNewItemDialog.kt
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ class CreateNewItemDialog(val activity: SimpleActivity, val path: String, val ca
                     success(alertDialog)
                 }
             }
+            else -> {
+                RootHelpers().createFileFolder(activity, path, false) {
+                    if (it) {
+                        success(alertDialog)
+                    } else {
+                        callback(false)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -91,7 +100,7 @@ class CreateNewItemDialog(val activity: SimpleActivity, val path: String, val ca
                     }
                 }
                 else -> {
-                    RootHelpers().createFile(activity, path) {
+                    RootHelpers().createFileFolder(activity, path, true) {
                         if (it) {
                             success(alertDialog)
                         } else {
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 d9777127..888898e5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/helpers/RootHelpers.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/helpers/RootHelpers.kt
@@ -130,11 +130,12 @@ class RootHelpers {
         }
     }
 
-    fun createFile(activity: SimpleActivity, path: String, callback: (success: Boolean) -> Unit) {
+    fun createFileFolder(activity: SimpleActivity, path: String, isFile: Boolean, callback: (success: Boolean) -> Unit) {
         tryMountAsRW(activity, path) {
             val mountPoint = it
             val targetPath = path.trim('/')
-            val cmd = "touch \"/$targetPath\""
+            val mainCommand = if (isFile) "touch" else "mkdir"
+            val cmd = "$mainCommand \"/$targetPath\""
             val command = object : Command(0, cmd) {
                 override fun commandCompleted(id: Int, exitcode: Int) {
                     callback(exitcode == 0)
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ class RootHelpers {
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (mountPoint != "" && types != null) {
+                if (mountPoint.isNotEmpty() && types != null) {
                     if (types.contains("rw")) {
                         callback(null)
                     } else if (types.contains("ro")) {