diff --git a/DraggableCollectionView/Helpers/LSCollectionViewHelper.m b/DraggableCollectionView/Helpers/LSCollectionViewHelper.m
index 77929f6..b55e9e5 100644
--- a/DraggableCollectionView/Helpers/LSCollectionViewHelper.m
+++ b/DraggableCollectionView/Helpers/LSCollectionViewHelper.m
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ - (id)initWithCollectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView
                                        initWithTarget:self
                                        action:@selector(handleLongPressGesture:)];
         [_collectionView addGestureRecognizer:_longPressGestureRecognizer];
+        _longPressGestureRecognizer.delegate = self;
         
         _panPressGestureRecognizer = [[UIPanGestureRecognizer alloc]
                                       initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handlePanGesture:)];
@@ -131,6 +132,8 @@ - (void)setupScrollTimerInDirection:(_ScrollingDirection)direction {
     }
 }
 
+#pragma mark - gesture delegate
+
 - (BOOL)gestureRecognizerShouldBegin:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
 {
     if([gestureRecognizer isEqual:_panPressGestureRecognizer]) {
@@ -152,6 +155,14 @@ - (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldRecogni
     return NO;
 }
 
+- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldReceiveTouch:(UITouch *)touch{
+    CGPoint touchPoint = [touch locationInView:_collectionView];
+    if (![_collectionView indexPathForItemAtPoint:touchPoint]){
+        return NO;
+    }
+    return YES;
+}
+
 - (NSIndexPath *)indexPathForItemClosestToPoint:(CGPoint)point
 {
     NSArray *layoutAttrsInRect;