diff --git a/app/navigation/router.js b/app/navigation/router.js
index daf160a31..e46d81e5d 100644
--- a/app/navigation/router.js
+++ b/app/navigation/router.js
@@ -101,10 +101,14 @@ class Router extends React.Component {
                 };
             }
 
+            // NavigationExperimental only creates the correct panHandlers if the panHandlers prop === undefined
+            const panHandlers = navigationProps.allowSceneSwipe ? undefined : null; // eslint-disable-line
+
             return (
                 <NavigationExperimental.Card
                     {...cardProps}
-                    panHandlers={null}
+                    onNavigateBack={this.props.actions.goBack}
+                    panHandlers={panHandlers}
                     style={style}
                     renderScene={this.renderScene}
                     key={scene.key}
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ class Router extends React.Component {
                     panOpenMask={0.1}
                     panCloseMask={0.2}
                     panThreshold={0.2}
-                    acceptPan={navigationProps.allowSwipe}
+                    acceptPan={navigationProps.allowMenuSwipe}
                     negotiatePan={true}
                     useInteractionManager={true}
                 >
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ class Router extends React.Component {
                         panOpenMask={0.1}
                         panCloseMask={0.2}
                         panThreshold={0.2}
-                        acceptPan={navigationProps.allowSwipe}
+                        acceptPan={navigationProps.allowMenuSwipe}
                         negotiatePan={true}
                         useInteractionManager={true}
                     >
diff --git a/app/scenes/channel/channel.js b/app/scenes/channel/channel.js
index d827dce02..1f79e9099 100644
--- a/app/scenes/channel/channel.js
+++ b/app/scenes/channel/channel.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export default class Channel extends React.PureComponent {
     };
 
     static navigationProps = {
-        allowSwipe: true,
+        allowMenuSwipe: true,
         renderLeftComponent: (props, emitter) => {
             return <ChannelDrawerButton emitter={emitter}/>;
         },
diff --git a/app/scenes/navigationSceneConnect.js b/app/scenes/navigationSceneConnect.js
index b4b8728d9..485689c7f 100644
--- a/app/scenes/navigationSceneConnect.js
+++ b/app/scenes/navigationSceneConnect.js
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ const defaults = {
         flexDirection: 'row',
         alignItems: 'center'
     },
-    allowSwipe: false
+    allowSceneSwipe: true,
+    allowMenuSwipe: false
 };
 
 export default (stateProps, dispatchProps) => (WrappedComponent) => {