diff --git a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
index 696c52f866..2a923fae83 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/ContentTextView.swift
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ class ContentTextView: LinkTextView {
         
         textContainerInset = .zero
         textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0
+        
+        // the text view's builtin link interaction code is tied to isSelectable, so we need to use our own tap recognizer
+        let recognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(textTapped(_:)))
+        addGestureRecognizer(recognizer)
     }
     
     // MARK: - Emojis
@@ -187,6 +191,15 @@ class ContentTextView: LinkTextView {
         }
     }
     
+    // only handles link taps via the gesture recognizer which is used when selection is disabled
+    @objc func textTapped(_ recognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
+        let location = recognizer.location(in: self)
+        if let (link, range) = getLinkAtPoint(location) {
+            let text = (self.text as NSString).substring(with: range)
+            handleLinkTapped(url: link, text: text)
+        }
+    }
+
     func getLinkAtPoint(_ point: CGPoint) -> (URL, NSRange)? {
         let locationInTextContainer = CGPoint(x: point.x - textContainerInset.left, y: point.y - textContainerInset.top)
         var partialFraction: CGFloat = 0
@@ -200,6 +213,16 @@ class ContentTextView: LinkTextView {
         return nil
     }
     
+    func handleLinkTapped(url: URL, text: String) {
+        if let mention = getMention(for: url, text: text) {
+            navigationDelegate?.selected(mention: mention)
+        } else if let tag = getHashtag(for: url, text: text) {
+            navigationDelegate?.selected(tag: tag)
+        } else {
+            navigationDelegate?.selected(url: url)
+        }
+    }
+    
     // MARK: - Navigation
     
     func getViewController(forLink url: URL, inRange range: NSRange) -> UIViewController {
@@ -231,24 +254,7 @@ class ContentTextView: LinkTextView {
 
 extension ContentTextView: UITextViewDelegate {
     func textView(_ textView: UITextView, shouldInteractWith URL: URL, in characterRange: NSRange, interaction: UITextItemInteraction) -> Bool {
-        let text = (self.text as NSString).substring(with: characterRange)
-        switch interaction {
-        case .invokeDefaultAction:
-            if let mention = getMention(for: URL, text: text) {
-                navigationDelegate?.selected(mention: mention)
-            } else if let tag = getHashtag(for: URL, text: text) {
-                navigationDelegate?.selected(tag: tag)
-            } else {
-                navigationDelegate?.selected(url: URL)
-            }
-        case .presentActions:
-            print("present actions")
-        case .preview:
-            print("preview")
-        @unknown default:
-            break
-        }
-        
+        // disable the text view's link interactions, we handle tapping links ourself with a gesture recognizer
         return false
     }
 }