diff --git a/static/scripts/touch.js b/static/scripts/touch.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eab10b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/scripts/touch.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+var onlongtouch; 
+var timer;
+var touchduration = 1500; //length of time we want the user to touch before we do something
+var lastTouchEvent = null;
+
+
+function touchstart(e) {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    lastTouchEvent = e;
+    if (!timer) {
+        timer = setTimeout(function() {
+		    onlongtouch(lastTouchEvent);
+		    timer = null;
+		    lastTouchEvent = null;
+	       	}, touchduration);
+    }
+}
+
+function touchend(e) {
+    //stops short touches from firing the event
+    if (timer) {
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+        timer = null;
+        lastTouchEvent = null;
+    }
+}
+
+onlongtouch = function(e) { 
+    console.log("long touch detected", e.touches[0].clientX, e.touches[0].clientY); 
+    event = {
+    	clientX:     e.touches[0].clientX,
+	clientY:     e.touches[0].clientY
+    }
+    var pos = cursorPosition();
+            x = pos.x;
+            x = x.toFixed(4);
+            pos.x = x;
+
+            y = pos.y;
+            y = y.toFixed(4);
+            pos.y = y;
+    requestPage("screenAction",pos)
+};
+
+document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) { 
+    $("#workarea")[0].addEventListener("touchstart", touchstart, false);
+    $("#workarea")[0].addEventListener("touchend", touchend, false);
+});
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 7b439a77..dd9526b4 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   <script src="{{ url_for('static',filename='scripts/bootstrap.bundle.min.js', version='11102018a') }}" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
   <script src="{{ url_for('static',filename='scripts/baseSocket.js', version='11102018t') }}" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
   <script src="{{ url_for('static',filename='scripts/base.js', version='11102018t') }}" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+  <script src="{{ url_for('static',filename='scripts/touch.js', version='11102018t') }}" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
 
   <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
   </script>