diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/frontend/filebrowser/GsFileBrowserListAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/frontend/filebrowser/GsFileBrowserListAdapter.java
index d25383f6a0..3ee141e8ac 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/frontend/filebrowser/GsFileBrowserListAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/frontend/filebrowser/GsFileBrowserListAdapter.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.os.Handler;
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
@@ -587,7 +586,7 @@ private void showAndFlash(final File file) {
             _recyclerView.postDelayed(() -> {
                 final RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder = _recyclerView.findViewHolderForLayoutPosition(pos);
                 if (holder != null) {
-                    GsContextUtils.flashView(holder.itemView);
+                    GsContextUtils.blinkView(holder.itemView);
                 }
             }, 250);
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/util/GsContextUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/util/GsContextUtils.java
index b272b25f47..9fa9970806 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/util/GsContextUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/util/GsContextUtils.java
@@ -2878,10 +2878,10 @@ public boolean isDarkModeEnabled(final Context context) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    public static void flashView(final View view) {
+    public static void blinkView(final View view) {
         if (view != null) {
-            view.setBackgroundColor(Color.LTGRAY); // Highlight
-            view.postDelayed(() -> view.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT), 300);
+            final float init = view.getAlpha();
+            ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(view, View.ALPHA, init, 0.1f, 1.0f, 0.1f, 1.0f, init).setDuration(1000).start();
         }
     }
 }