diff --git a/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.detect_swipe.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/jquery.detect_swipe.js
similarity index 95%
rename from vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.detect_swipe.js
rename to app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/jquery.detect_swipe.js
index 946515dcd..c4b52a5bf 100644
--- a/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.detect_swipe.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/jquery.detect_swipe.js
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
  * http://github.com/marcandre/detect_swipe
  * Based on touchwipe by Andreas Waltl, netCU Internetagentur (http://www.netcu.de)
  */
+
+/* modified by sam to disable the preventDefault stuff */
 (function($) {
 
   $.detectSwipe = {
     version: '2.1.1',
     enabled: 'ontouchstart' in document.documentElement,
-    preventDefault: true,
+    preventDefault: false,
     threshold: 20
   };
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vendor.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vendor.js
index eab84ef89..5c0788f8c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vendor.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vendor.js
@@ -42,4 +42,3 @@
 //= require buffered-proxy
 //= require jquery.autoellipsis-1.0.10.min.js
 //= require_tree ./discourse/ember
-//= require jquery.detect_swipe.js