diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/koitharu/kotatsu/base/ui/widgets/SelectableTextView.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/koitharu/kotatsu/base/ui/widgets/SelectableTextView.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e931853f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/koitharu/kotatsu/base/ui/widgets/SelectableTextView.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.koitharu.kotatsu.base.ui.widgets
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.text.Selection
+import android.text.Spannable
+import android.util.AttributeSet
+import android.view.MotionEvent
+import androidx.annotation.AttrRes
+import com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
+
+class SelectableTextView @JvmOverloads constructor(
+	context: Context,
+	attrs: AttributeSet? = null,
+	@AttrRes defStyleAttr: Int = android.R.attr.textViewStyle,
+) : MaterialTextView(context, attrs, defStyleAttr) {
+
+	override fun dispatchTouchEvent(event: MotionEvent?): Boolean {
+		fixSelectionRange()
+		return super.dispatchTouchEvent(event)
+	}
+
+	// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22810147/error-when-selecting-text-from-textview-java-lang-indexoutofboundsexception-se
+	private fun fixSelectionRange() {
+		if (selectionStart < 0 || selectionEnd < 0) {
+			val spannableText = text as? Spannable ?: return
+			Selection.setSelection(spannableText, text.length)
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout-w600dp/fragment_details.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout-w600dp/fragment_details.xml
index e45f03909..5775a9790 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout-w600dp/fragment_details.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout-w600dp/fragment_details.xml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 			app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/recyclerView_bookmarks"
 			tools:visibility="visible" />
 
-		<TextView
+		<org.koitharu.kotatsu.base.ui.widgets.SelectableTextView
 			android:id="@+id/textView_description"
 			android:layout_width="0dp"
 			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_details.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_details.xml
index bd3430cfc..859144fea 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_details.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_details.xml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 			app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/recyclerView_bookmarks"
 			tools:visibility="visible" />
 
-		<TextView
+		<org.koitharu.kotatsu.base.ui.widgets.SelectableTextView
 			android:id="@+id/textView_description"
 			android:layout_width="0dp"
 			android:layout_height="wrap_content"