diff --git a/src/custom-sort/custom-sort.ts b/src/custom-sort/custom-sort.ts
index d088bde74..abae5c43d 100644
--- a/src/custom-sort/custom-sort.ts
+++ b/src/custom-sort/custom-sort.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+	FileExplorerView,
 	FrontMatterCache,
 	MetadataCache,
 	Plugin,
@@ -684,8 +685,7 @@ export const determineBookmarksOrderIfNeeded = (folderItems: Array<FolderItemFor
 	})
 }
 
-export const folderSort = function (sortingSpec: CustomSortSpec, ctx: ProcessingContext) {
-	let fileExplorer = this.fileExplorer
+export const folderSort = function (sortingSpec: CustomSortSpec, ctx: ProcessingContext, fileExplorer: FileExplorerView) {
 
 	// shallow copy of groups and expand folder-specific macros on them
 	sortingSpec.groupsShadow = sortingSpec.groups?.map((group) => Object.assign({} as CustomSortGroup, group))
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index fcdbd88d0..53b07d003 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ export default class CustomSortPlugin extends Plugin {
 						}
 
 						if (sortSpec) {
-							return folderSort.call(this, sortSpec, plugin.createProcessingContextForSorting(has));
+							return folderSort.call(this, sortSpec, plugin.createProcessingContextForSorting(has), patchableFileExplorer);
 						} else {
 							return old.call(this, ...args);
 						}
diff --git a/src/types/types.d.ts b/src/types/types.d.ts
index 1e96a5c2c..4a0b01ce4 100644
--- a/src/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/types.d.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ declare module 'obsidian' {
 
 	export interface FileExplorerView extends View {
 		createFolderDom(folder: TFolder): FileExplorerFolder;
-
+		fileItems: any;
 		requestSort(): void;
 
 		sortOrder: string