diff --git a/Assets/SteamVR_Unity_Toolkit/Scripts/VRTK_ObjectAutoGrab.cs b/Assets/SteamVR_Unity_Toolkit/Scripts/VRTK_ObjectAutoGrab.cs
index 7cd93fc78..95d136748 100644
--- a/Assets/SteamVR_Unity_Toolkit/Scripts/VRTK_ObjectAutoGrab.cs
+++ b/Assets/SteamVR_Unity_Toolkit/Scripts/VRTK_ObjectAutoGrab.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     public class VRTK_ObjectAutoGrab : MonoBehaviour
     {
-        public GameObject objectToGrab;
+        public VRTK_InteractableObject objectToGrab;
         public bool cloneGrabbedObject;
 
         private VRTK_InteractGrab controller;
@@ -13,15 +13,16 @@ public class VRTK_ObjectAutoGrab : MonoBehaviour
         private IEnumerator Start()
         {
             controller = GetComponent<VRTK_InteractGrab>();
-
             if (!controller)
             {
                 Debug.LogError("The VRTK_InteractGrab script is required to be attached to the controller along with this script.");
+                yield break;
             }
 
-            if (!objectToGrab || !objectToGrab.GetComponent<VRTK_InteractableObject>())
+            if (!objectToGrab)
             {
-                Debug.LogError("The objectToGrab Game Object must have the VRTK_InteractableObject script applied to it.");
+                Debug.LogError("You have to assign an object that should be grabbed.");
+                yield break;
             }
 
             while (controller.controllerAttachPoint == null)
@@ -29,12 +30,13 @@ private IEnumerator Start()
                 yield return true;
             }
 
-            var grabbableObject = objectToGrab;
+            VRTK_InteractableObject grabbableObject = objectToGrab;
             if (cloneGrabbedObject)
             {
                 grabbableObject = Instantiate(objectToGrab);
             }
-            controller.GetComponent<VRTK_InteractTouch>().ForceTouch(grabbableObject);
+            controller.GetComponent<VRTK_InteractTouch>().ForceStopTouching();
+            controller.GetComponent<VRTK_InteractTouch>().ForceTouch(grabbableObject.gameObject);
             controller.AttemptGrab();
         }
     }