diff --git a/Pod/Classes/SideMenuNavigationController.swift b/Pod/Classes/SideMenuNavigationController.swift
index d88bb8b6..fa99e0ad 100644
--- a/Pod/Classes/SideMenuNavigationController.swift
+++ b/Pod/Classes/SideMenuNavigationController.swift
@@ -504,6 +504,13 @@ internal extension SideMenuNavigationController {
         transitionController?.interactive = interactively
         dismiss(animated: flag, completion: completion)
     }
+    
+    func dismissMenuWithTap() {
+        guard !isHidden else { return }
+        transitionController?.interactive = true
+        dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
+        transitionController?.handle(state: .finish)
+    }
 
     // Note: although this method is syntactically reversed it allows the interactive property to scoped privately
     func present(from viewController: UIViewController?, interactively: Bool, completion: (() -> Void)? = nil) {
@@ -635,7 +642,7 @@ private extension SideMenuNavigationController {
     @objc func handleDismissMenuTap(_ tap: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
         let hitTest = view.window?.hitTest(tap.location(in: view.superview), with: nil)
         guard hitTest == view.superview else { return }
-        dismissMenu()
+        dismissMenuWithTap()
     }
 
     @objc func handleDismissMenuPan(_ gesture: UIPanGestureRecognizer) {