diff --git a/Classes/Repository/RepositoryViewController.swift b/Classes/Repository/RepositoryViewController.swift
index 061e2ce3..60e0b2f5 100644
--- a/Classes/Repository/RepositoryViewController.swift
+++ b/Classes/Repository/RepositoryViewController.swift
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ PrimaryViewController {
         title = "\(repo.owner)/\(repo.name)"
     }
 
+    override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
+        super.viewWillAppear(animated)
+        rz_smoothlyDeselectRows(collectionView: feed.collectionView)
+    }
+
     override func viewWillLayoutSubviews() {
         super.viewWillLayoutSubviews()
         feed.viewWillLayoutSubviews(view: view)