diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/Context.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/Context.kt
index 8ade06fee..2e3914fe8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/Context.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/extensions/Context.kt
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ fun Context.getSortedDirectories(source: ArrayList<Directory>): ArrayList<Direct
                 }
 
                 if (sorting and SORT_USE_NUMERIC_VALUE != 0) {
-                    AlphanumericComparator().compare(o1.sortValue.toLowerCase(), o2.sortValue.toLowerCase())
+                    AlphanumericComparator().compare(o1.sortValue.normalizeString().toLowerCase(), o2.sortValue.normalizeString().toLowerCase())
                 } else {
-                    o1.sortValue.toLowerCase().compareTo(o2.sortValue.toLowerCase())
+                    o1.sortValue.normalizeString().toLowerCase().compareTo(o2.sortValue.normalizeString().toLowerCase())
                 }
             }
             sorting and SORT_BY_PATH != 0 -> {
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/helpers/MediaFetcher.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/helpers/MediaFetcher.kt
index 5202cb767..f27dc0005 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/helpers/MediaFetcher.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/pro/helpers/MediaFetcher.kt
@@ -761,9 +761,9 @@ class MediaFetcher(val context: Context) {
             var result = when {
                 sorting and SORT_BY_NAME != 0 -> {
                     if (sorting and SORT_USE_NUMERIC_VALUE != 0) {
-                        AlphanumericComparator().compare(o1.name.toLowerCase(), o2.name.toLowerCase())
+                        AlphanumericComparator().compare(o1.name.normalizeString().toLowerCase(), o2.name.normalizeString().toLowerCase())
                     } else {
-                        o1.name.toLowerCase().compareTo(o2.name.toLowerCase())
+                        o1.name.normalizeString().toLowerCase().compareTo(o2.name.normalizeString().toLowerCase())
                     }
                 }
                 sorting and SORT_BY_PATH != 0 -> {