diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03a23704b..5f5457a6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ Plenty of bugfixes, tests and new demos in these 0.14 patch releases.
 * Fix demo for IE11 #44 by @lucidlemon
 * Package a .css file, not a .scss file as previously done. @mariusandra
 
+### fix
+* fix the isInteractingWithItem variable
+
 [0.9.0]: https://github.com/namespace-ee/react-calendar-timeline/compare/v0.8.6...v0.9.0
 [0.10.0]: https://github.com/namespace-ee/react-calendar-timeline/compare/v0.9.0...v0.10.0
 [0.10.1]: https://github.com/namespace-ee/react-calendar-timeline/compare/v0.10.0...v0.10.1
diff --git a/src/lib/Timeline.js b/src/lib/Timeline.js
index c77ba2f35..8d92c1456 100644
--- a/src/lib/Timeline.js
+++ b/src/lib/Timeline.js
@@ -966,7 +966,8 @@ export default class ReactCalendarTimeline extends Component {
       visibleTimeStart,
       visibleTimeEnd,
       canvasTimeStart,
-      canvasTimeEnd
+      canvasTimeEnd,
+      selectedItem
     } = this.state
     let { dimensionItems, height, groupHeights, groupTops } = this.state
 
@@ -974,7 +975,7 @@ export default class ReactCalendarTimeline extends Component {
     const canvasWidth = getCanvasWidth(width, buffer)
     const minUnit = getMinUnit(zoom, width, timeSteps)
 
-    const isInteractingWithItem = !!draggingItem || !!resizingItem
+    const isInteractingWithItem = !!draggingItem || !!resizingItem || !!selectedItem 
 
     if (isInteractingWithItem) {
       const stackResults = stackTimelineItems(