diff --git a/Classes/Issues/Comments/IssueCommentBaseCell.swift b/Classes/Issues/Comments/IssueCommentBaseCell.swift
index 4d5d5affd..969f949bd 100644
--- a/Classes/Issues/Comments/IssueCommentBaseCell.swift
+++ b/Classes/Issues/Comments/IssueCommentBaseCell.swift
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ class IssueCommentBaseCell: UICollectionViewCell, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
 
         contentView.clipsToBounds = true
 
-        doubleTapGesture.addTarget(self, action: #selector(onDoubleTap))
-        doubleTapGesture.numberOfTapsRequired = 2
-        doubleTapGesture.delegate = self
-        addGestureRecognizer(doubleTapGesture)
-
+        setUpDoubleTapIfNeeded()
         collapseLayer.isHidden = true
         collapseLayer.colors = [
             UIColor(white: 1, alpha: 0).cgColor,
@@ -96,6 +92,17 @@ class IssueCommentBaseCell: UICollectionViewCell, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
         collapseButton.isHidden = true
     }
 
+    private func setUpDoubleTapIfNeeded()
+    {
+      // If reaction is set to none, no need for the double-tap
+      if ReactionContent.defaultReaction == .__unknown("Disabled") { return }
+      
+      doubleTapGesture.addTarget(self, action: #selector(onDoubleTap))
+      doubleTapGesture.numberOfTapsRequired = 2
+      doubleTapGesture.delegate = self
+      addGestureRecognizer(doubleTapGesture)
+    }
+  
     // MARK: Private API
 
     @objc private func onDoubleTap() {
diff --git a/Classes/Issues/Comments/IssueCommentSectionController.swift b/Classes/Issues/Comments/IssueCommentSectionController.swift
index f802113b4..712bd74e9 100644
--- a/Classes/Issues/Comments/IssueCommentSectionController.swift
+++ b/Classes/Issues/Comments/IssueCommentSectionController.swift
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ final class IssueCommentSectionController:
     // MARK: IssueCommentDoubleTapDelegate
     
     func didDoubleTap(cell: IssueCommentBaseCell) {
-        let reaction = ReactionContent.thumbsUp
+        let reaction = ReactionContent.defaultReaction
         guard let reactions = reactionMutation ?? self.object?.reactions,
             !reactions.viewerDidReact(reaction: reaction)
             else { return }
diff --git a/Classes/Issues/Comments/Reactions/Defaults+Reaction.swift b/Classes/Issues/Comments/Reactions/Defaults+Reaction.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..445dd11d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Classes/Issues/Comments/Reactions/Defaults+Reaction.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+//
+//  Defaults+Reaction.swift
+//  Freetime
+//
+//  Created by Ehud Adler on 7/30/18.
+//  Copyright © 2018 Ryan Nystrom. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+extension UserDefaults {
+  // Stores ReactionContent in string form but
+  // accepts and returns in original form
+  static func setDefault(reaction: ReactionContent)
+  {
+    standard.set(reaction.emoji, forKey: "default.reaction")
+  }
+  
+  static var getDefaultReaction: ReactionContent
+  {
+    guard let reactionAsString = standard.string(forKey: "default.reaction")
+      else { return ReactionContent.thumbsUp}
+    let reaction = reactionAsString.reaction
+    return reaction
+  }
+  
+}
diff --git a/Classes/Issues/Comments/Reactions/ReactionContent+ReactionType.swift b/Classes/Issues/Comments/Reactions/ReactionContent+ReactionType.swift
index 86b0854d8..d5feca0c2 100644
--- a/Classes/Issues/Comments/Reactions/ReactionContent+ReactionType.swift
+++ b/Classes/Issues/Comments/Reactions/ReactionContent+ReactionType.swift
@@ -19,4 +19,22 @@ extension ReactionContent {
         case .thumbsDown: return "👎"
         }
     }
+  
+   static var defaultReaction: ReactionContent {
+    return UserDefaults.getDefaultReaction
+   }
+}
+
+extension String {
+  var reaction: ReactionContent {
+    switch self {
+    case "😕": return .confused
+    case "❤️": return .heart
+    case "🎉": return .hooray
+    case "😄": return .laugh
+    case "👍": return .thumbsUp
+    case "👎": return .thumbsDown
+    default:   return .__unknown(self)
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/Classes/Settings/Settings.storyboard b/Classes/Settings/Settings.storyboard
index b8dfa4a90..365352716 100644
--- a/Classes/Settings/Settings.storyboard
+++ b/Classes/Settings/Settings.storyboard
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                         <color key="separatorColor" red="0.73725490196078436" green="0.73333333333333328" blue="0.75686274509803919" alpha="1" colorSpace="calibratedRGB"/>
                         <inset key="separatorInset" minX="16" minY="0.0" maxX="0.0" maxY="0.0"/>
                         <view key="tableFooterView" contentMode="scaleToFill" id="jkq-3p-p02">
-                            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="605.5" width="375" height="44"/>
+                            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="649.5" width="375" height="44"/>
                             <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMaxY="YES"/>
                             <subviews>
                                 <label opaque="NO" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="left" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" text="Version 1.4.0 (1207)" textAlignment="natural" lineBreakMode="tailTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" adjustsFontSizeToFit="NO" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="2bb-Lj-p2k" customClass="SettingsLabel" customModule="Freetime" customModuleProvider="target">
@@ -260,9 +260,34 @@
                                         </tableViewCellContentView>
                                         <inset key="separatorInset" minX="16" minY="0.0" maxX="0.0" maxY="0.0"/>
                                     </tableViewCell>
-                                    <tableViewCell clipsSubviews="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" selectionStyle="default" indentationWidth="10" id="Z8j-JQ-qiy" customClass="StyledTableCell" customModule="Freetime" customModuleProvider="target">
+                                    <tableViewCell clipsSubviews="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" selectionStyle="default" indentationWidth="10" textLabel="wm1-n0-0PA" detailTextLabel="UHH-lU-DUe" style="IBUITableViewCellStyleValue1" id="gjX-57-UIr" customClass="StyledTableCell" customModule="Freetime" customModuleProvider="target">
                                         <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="463.5" width="375" height="44"/>
                                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
+                                        <tableViewCellContentView key="contentView" opaque="NO" clipsSubviews="YES" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="center" tableViewCell="gjX-57-UIr" id="RUD-Yw-Zkq">
+                                            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="375" height="43.5"/>
+                                            <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
+                                            <subviews>
+                                                <label opaque="NO" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="left" text="Set Default Reaction" textAlignment="natural" lineBreakMode="tailTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" adjustsFontSizeToFit="NO" id="wm1-n0-0PA">
+                                                    <rect key="frame" x="16" y="12" width="156.5" height="20.5"/>
+                                                    <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
+                                                    <fontDescription key="fontDescription" type="system" pointSize="17"/>
+                                                    <color key="textColor" red="0.14117647059999999" green="0.16078431369999999" blue="0.18039215689999999" alpha="1" colorSpace="calibratedRGB"/>
+                                                    <nil key="highlightedColor"/>
+                                                </label>
+                                                <label opaque="NO" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="left" insetsLayoutMarginsFromSafeArea="NO" text="Detail" textAlignment="right" lineBreakMode="tailTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" adjustsFontSizeToFit="NO" id="UHH-lU-DUe">
+                                                    <rect key="frame" x="315" y="12" width="44" height="20.5"/>
+                                                    <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
+                                                    <fontDescription key="fontDescription" type="system" pointSize="17"/>
+                                                    <nil key="textColor"/>
+                                                    <nil key="highlightedColor"/>
+                                                </label>
+                                            </subviews>
+                                        </tableViewCellContentView>
+                                        <inset key="separatorInset" minX="16" minY="0.0" maxX="0.0" maxY="0.0"/>
+                                    </tableViewCell>
+                                    <tableViewCell clipsSubviews="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" selectionStyle="default" indentationWidth="10" id="Z8j-JQ-qiy" customClass="StyledTableCell" customModule="Freetime" customModuleProvider="target">
+                                        <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="507.5" width="375" height="44"/>
+                                        <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
                                         <tableViewCellContentView key="contentView" opaque="NO" clipsSubviews="YES" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="center" tableViewCell="Z8j-JQ-qiy" id="uAb-lB-GZA">
                                             <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="375" height="43.5"/>
                                             <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
@@ -292,7 +317,7 @@
                             <tableViewSection id="GTg-1u-cvV">
                                 <cells>
                                     <tableViewCell clipsSubviews="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" selectionStyle="default" indentationWidth="10" textLabel="ku5-ZI-OG9" style="IBUITableViewCellStyleDefault" id="Y2k-Zq-AUW" customClass="StyledTableCell" customModule="Freetime" customModuleProvider="target">
-                                        <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="543.5" width="375" height="44"/>
+                                        <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="587.5" width="375" height="44"/>
                                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
                                         <tableViewCellContentView key="contentView" opaque="NO" clipsSubviews="YES" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="center" tableViewCell="Y2k-Zq-AUW" id="XiT-sq-B22">
                                             <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="375" height="43.5"/>
@@ -324,12 +349,14 @@
                         <outlet property="apiStatusView" destination="1mP-Dr-7rt" id="f66-HG-AkG"/>
                         <outlet property="backgroundFetchSwitch" destination="FvK-93-raA" id="Huy-vc-MoM"/>
                         <outlet property="badgeCell" destination="pnm-5p-yC5" id="hdC-aO-QSy"/>
+                        <outlet property="defaultReactionLabel" destination="UHH-lU-DUe" id="ew2-Hr-5UH"/>
                         <outlet property="githubStatusCell" destination="x9n-2O-buf" id="xc3-W3-bZW"/>
                         <outlet property="markReadSwitch" destination="8dQ-YU-Yuw" id="5jz-5d-osk"/>
                         <outlet property="openSettingsButton" destination="36B-Ge-m5V" id="tsc-wS-3vb"/>
                         <outlet property="reportBugCell" destination="WwO-m1-s3q" id="nCb-BL-DRJ"/>
                         <outlet property="reviewAccessCell" destination="TXs-sw-hO1" id="10W-u8-ofC"/>
                         <outlet property="reviewOnAppStoreCell" destination="Z8j-JQ-qiy" id="QRZ-5e-WQi"/>
+                        <outlet property="setDefaultReaction" destination="gjX-57-UIr" id="aCf-HJ-KKS"/>
                         <outlet property="signOutCell" destination="Y2k-Zq-AUW" id="QIk-J0-zqg"/>
                         <outlet property="signatureSwitch" destination="ZWv-km-fU1" id="pf4-kH-RIp"/>
                         <outlet property="versionLabel" destination="2bb-Lj-p2k" id="qDb-KP-pnk"/>
diff --git a/Classes/Settings/SettingsViewController.swift b/Classes/Settings/SettingsViewController.swift
index 3eb85d28c..939689b48 100644
--- a/Classes/Settings/SettingsViewController.swift
+++ b/Classes/Settings/SettingsViewController.swift
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ NewIssueTableViewControllerDelegate {
     @IBOutlet weak var reviewOnAppStoreCell: StyledTableCell!
     @IBOutlet weak var reportBugCell: StyledTableCell!
     @IBOutlet weak var viewSourceCell: StyledTableCell!
+    @IBOutlet weak var setDefaultReaction: StyledTableCell!
     @IBOutlet weak var signOutCell: StyledTableCell!
     @IBOutlet weak var backgroundFetchSwitch: UISwitch!
     @IBOutlet weak var openSettingsButton: UIButton!
@@ -36,14 +37,16 @@ NewIssueTableViewControllerDelegate {
     @IBOutlet weak var apiStatusLabel: UILabel!
     @IBOutlet weak var apiStatusView: UIView!
     @IBOutlet weak var signatureSwitch: UISwitch!
-
-    override func viewDidLoad() {
+    @IBOutlet weak var defaultReactionLabel: UILabel!
+  
+  override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
 
         versionLabel.text = Bundle.main.prettyVersionString
         markReadSwitch.isOn = NotificationModelController.readOnOpen
         apiStatusView.layer.cornerRadius = 7
         signatureSwitch.isOn = Signature.enabled
+        defaultReactionLabel.text = ReactionContent.defaultReaction.emoji
 
         updateBadge()
         style()
@@ -108,6 +111,8 @@ NewIssueTableViewControllerDelegate {
             onReportBug()
         } else if cell === viewSourceCell {
             onViewSource()
+        } else if cell === setDefaultReaction {
+            onSetDefaultReaction()
         } else if cell === signOutCell {
             onSignOut()
         }
@@ -178,6 +183,10 @@ NewIssueTableViewControllerDelegate {
         let repoViewController = RepositoryViewController(client: client, repo: repo)
         navigationController?.showDetailViewController(repoViewController, sender: self)
     }
+  
+    func onSetDefaultReaction() {
+      showDefaultReactionMenu()
+    }
 
     func onSignOut() {
         let title = NSLocalizedString("Are you sure?", comment: "")
@@ -259,3 +268,77 @@ NewIssueTableViewControllerDelegate {
         showDetailViewController(navigation, sender: nil)
     }
 }
+
+extension SettingsViewController {
+  // Default Reaction + MenuController
+  
+   private func showDefaultReactionMenu() {
+    
+    setDefaultReaction.becomeFirstResponder() // Required
+    
+    let actions = [
+      (ReactionContent.thumbsUp.emoji, #selector(SettingsViewController.onThumbsUp)),
+      (ReactionContent.thumbsDown.emoji, #selector(SettingsViewController.onThumbsDown)),
+      (ReactionContent.laugh.emoji, #selector(SettingsViewController.onLaugh)),
+      (ReactionContent.hooray.emoji, #selector(SettingsViewController.onHooray)),
+      (ReactionContent.confused.emoji, #selector(SettingsViewController.onConfused)),
+      (ReactionContent.heart.emoji, #selector(SettingsViewController.onHeart)),
+      ("Disable", #selector(SettingsViewController.onDisabled))
+    ]
+    
+    let menu = UIMenuController.shared
+    menu.menuItems = actions.map { UIMenuItem(title: $0.0, action: $0.1) }
+    menu.setTargetRect(defaultReactionLabel.frame, in: setDefaultReaction)
+    menu.setMenuVisible(true, animated: trueUnlessReduceMotionEnabled)
+  }
+  
+  override func canPerformAction(_ action: Selector, withSender sender: Any?) -> Bool {
+    switch action {
+    case #selector(SettingsViewController.onThumbsUp),
+         #selector(SettingsViewController.onThumbsDown),
+         #selector(SettingsViewController.onLaugh),
+         #selector(SettingsViewController.onHooray),
+         #selector(SettingsViewController.onConfused),
+         #selector(SettingsViewController.onHeart),
+         #selector(SettingsViewController.onDisabled):
+      return true
+    default: return false
+    }
+  }
+  
+  @objc private func onThumbsUp() {
+    updateDefaultReaction(.thumbsUp)
+  }
+  
+  @objc private func onThumbsDown() {
+    updateDefaultReaction(.thumbsDown)
+  }
+  
+  @objc private func onLaugh() {
+    updateDefaultReaction( .laugh)
+  }
+  
+  @objc private func onHooray() {
+    updateDefaultReaction(.hooray)
+  }
+  
+  @objc private func onConfused() {
+    updateDefaultReaction(.confused)
+  }
+  
+  @objc private func onHeart() {
+   updateDefaultReaction(.heart)
+  }
+  
+  @objc private func onDisabled() {
+    updateDefaultReaction(.__unknown("Disabled"))
+  }
+  
+  func updateDefaultReaction(_ reaction: ReactionContent)
+  {
+    UserDefaults.setDefault(reaction: reaction)
+    defaultReactionLabel.text = reaction == .__unknown("Disabled")
+      ? "Disabled"
+      : reaction.emoji
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Classes/Views/StyledTableCell.swift b/Classes/Views/StyledTableCell.swift
index 84b735e6c..4126f0aae 100644
--- a/Classes/Views/StyledTableCell.swift
+++ b/Classes/Views/StyledTableCell.swift
@@ -27,5 +27,8 @@ class StyledTableCell: UITableViewCell {
         background.backgroundColor = Styles.Colors.Gray.alphaLighter
         selectedBackgroundView = background
     }
-
+  
+   override var canBecomeFirstResponder: Bool {
+      return true
+   }
 }