diff --git a/src/app/effectsloader.cpp b/src/app/effectsloader.cpp
index 4992d8bb0..223384da9 100755
--- a/src/app/effectsloader.cpp
+++ b/src/app/effectsloader.cpp
@@ -258,14 +258,8 @@ void EffectsLoader::iniShaderEffects()
 {
     makeCurrent();
 
-    const QString presetPath = AppSupport::getAppShaderPresetsPath();
-    QDirIterator presetIt(presetPath, QDirIterator::NoIteratorFlags);
-
-    while (presetIt.hasNext()) {
-        const QString path = presetIt.next();
-        const QFileInfo fileInfo(path);
-        if (!fileInfo.isFile() ||
-            fileInfo.suffix() != "gre") { continue; }
+    for (const auto &path : AppSupport::getFilesFromPath(AppSupport::getAppShaderPresetsPath(),
+                                                         QStringList() << "*.gre")) {
         try {
             iniShaderEffectProgramExec(path, false);
         } catch(const std::exception& e) {
@@ -274,13 +268,8 @@ void EffectsLoader::iniShaderEffects()
     }
 
     const QString dirPath = AppSupport::getAppShaderEffectsPath();
-    QDirIterator dirIt(dirPath, QDirIterator::NoIteratorFlags);
-
-    while (dirIt.hasNext()) {
-        const QString path = dirIt.next();
-        const QFileInfo fileInfo(path);
-        if (!fileInfo.isFile() ||
-            fileInfo.suffix() != "gre") { continue; }
+    for (const auto &path : AppSupport::getFilesFromPath(dirPath,
+                                                         QStringList() << "*.gre")) {
         try {
             iniShaderEffectProgramExec(path);
         } catch(const std::exception& e) {
diff --git a/src/core/appsupport.cpp b/src/core/appsupport.cpp
index c13ea4bfd..85350d436 100644
--- a/src/core/appsupport.cpp
+++ b/src/core/appsupport.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <QMimeType>
 #include <QDomDocument>
 #include <QDomElement>
+#include <QDirIterator>
 
 AppSupport::AppSupport(QObject *parent)
     : QObject{parent}
@@ -317,3 +318,13 @@ const QPair<QString, QString> AppSupport::getShaderID(const QString &path)
 
     return result;
 }
+
+const QStringList AppSupport::getFilesFromPath(const QString &path,
+                                               const QStringList &suffix)
+{
+    QStringList result;
+    if (path.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(path)) { return result; }
+    QDirIterator it(path, suffix, QDir::Files, QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+    while (it.hasNext()) { result << it.next(); }
+    return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/appsupport.h b/src/core/appsupport.h
index c54a356bb..08262aa7d 100644
--- a/src/core/appsupport.h
+++ b/src/core/appsupport.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <QVariant>
 #include <QPalette>
 #include <QPair>
+#include <QStringList>
 
 #if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 14, 0))
 #define QT_ENDL Qt::endl
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ class CORE_EXPORT AppSupport : public QObject
     static const QString getFileMimeType(const QString &path);
     static const QString getFileIcon(const QString &path);
     static const QPair<QString,QString> getShaderID(const QString &path);
+    static const QStringList getFilesFromPath(const QString &path,
+                                              const QStringList &suffix = QStringList());
 };
 
 #endif // APPSUPPORT_H