diff --git a/Yep/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard b/Yep/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
index a2594491..9adbd11f 100644
--- a/Yep/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
+++ b/Yep/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@
                         <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="600" height="600"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
                         <subviews>
-                            <collectionView clipsSubviews="YES" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" dataMode="prototypes" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Tuy-Vc-gDL">
+                            <collectionView clipsSubviews="YES" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" delaysContentTouches="NO" dataMode="prototypes" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Tuy-Vc-gDL">
                                 <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="600" height="600"/>
                                 <collectionViewFlowLayout key="collectionViewLayout" minimumLineSpacing="10" minimumInteritemSpacing="10" id="FkS-Hc-62O">
                                     <size key="itemSize" width="50" height="50"/>
diff --git a/Yep/ViewControllers/Feeds/FeedsViewController.swift b/Yep/ViewControllers/Feeds/FeedsViewController.swift
index 06096e67..78f1e8c0 100644
--- a/Yep/ViewControllers/Feeds/FeedsViewController.swift
+++ b/Yep/ViewControllers/Feeds/FeedsViewController.swift
@@ -108,5 +108,17 @@ extension FeedsViewController: UICollectionViewDataSource, UICollectionViewDeleg
 
         performSegueWithIdentifier("showConversation", sender: nil)
     }
+
+    func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, didHighlightItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
+
+        let cell = collectionView.cellForItemAtIndexPath(indexPath) as! FeedCell
+        cell.contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGrayColor()
+    }
+
+    func collectionView(collectionView: UICollectionView, didUnhighlightItemAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {
+
+        let cell = collectionView.cellForItemAtIndexPath(indexPath) as! FeedCell
+        cell.contentView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
+    }
 }