diff --git a/.config/lf/lfrc b/.config/lf/lfrc
index 25fb3d1e..a8eb2c57 100644
--- a/.config/lf/lfrc
+++ b/.config/lf/lfrc
@@ -34,13 +34,18 @@ cmd open ${{
         text/*|application/json|inode/x-empty|application/x-subrip) $EDITOR $fx;;
 	image/x-xcf) setsid -f gimp $f >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
 	image/svg+xml) display -- $f ;;
-	image/*) rotdir $f | grep -i "\.\(png\|jpg\|jpeg\|gif\|webp\|avif\|tif\|ico\)\(_large\)*$" |
-		setsid -f sxiv -aio 2>/dev/null | while read -r file; do
-			[ -z "$file" ] && continue
-			lf -remote "send select \"$file\""
-			lf -remote "send toggle"
-		done &
-		;;
+	image/*) bash -c '
+            shopt -s nullglob
+            dir="$0"
+            selected_file="$1"
+            images=($(ls "$dir"/*.{jpg,jpeg,png,webp,bmp,tiff,tif,raw,ico,exif,heic,heif,gif,avif,jxl} | sort -V))
+	    for ((i=0; i<${#images[@]}; i++)); do
+                [[ "${images[i]}" = "$selected_file" ]] && {
+                    sxiv -abiof "${images[@]:i}" "${images[@]:0:i}"
+                    break
+                }
+            done
+        ' "$PWD" "$fx";;
 	audio/*|video/x-ms-asf) mpv --audio-display=no $f ;;
 	video/*) setsid -f mpv $f -quiet >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
 	application/pdf|application/vnd.djvu|application/epub*) setsid -f zathura $fx >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;