diff --git a/damus/ContentView.swift b/damus/ContentView.swift
index bf616659..e770a157 100644
--- a/damus/ContentView.swift
+++ b/damus/ContentView.swift
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                             .shadow(color: DamusColors.purple, radius: 2)
                             .opacity(isSideBarOpened ? 0 : 1)
                             .animation(isSideBarOpened ? .none : .default, value: isSideBarOpened)
+                            .onTapGesture {
+                                isSideBarOpened.toggle()
+                            }
                     } else {
                         timelineNavItem
                             .opacity(isSideBarOpened ? 0 : 1)
diff --git a/damus/Views/SideMenuView.swift b/damus/Views/SideMenuView.swift
index 429834dd..24f43027 100644
--- a/damus/Views/SideMenuView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/SideMenuView.swift
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ struct SideMenuView: View {
                 navLabel(title: NSLocalizedString("Bookmarks", comment: "Sidebar menu label for Bookmarks view."), img: "bookmark")
             }
 
+            Link(destination: URL(string: "https://store.damus.io/?ref=damus_ios_app")!) {
+                navLabel(title: NSLocalizedString("Merch", comment: "Sidebar menu label for merch store link."), img: "basket")
+            }
+
             NavigationLink(value: Route.Config) {
                 navLabel(title: NSLocalizedString("Settings", comment: "Sidebar menu label for accessing the app settings"), img: "settings")
             }