diff --git a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
index 5f11aff8..75b64ef8 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class ContentTextView: LinkTextView {
     
     // only accept touches that are over a link
     override func hitTest(_ point: CGPoint, with event: UIEvent?) -> UIView? {
-        if getLinkAtPoint(point) != nil {
+        if getLinkAtPoint(point) != nil || isSelectable {
             return self
         } else {
             return nil
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/LinkTextView.swift b/Tusker/Views/LinkTextView.swift
index c85cad2a..69defc8d 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/LinkTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/LinkTextView.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class LinkTextView: UITextView {
         isScrollEnabled = false
         isEditable = false
         isUserInteractionEnabled = true
-        isSelectable = true // is this necessary?
     }
 
 }