diff --git a/TBTabBar.m b/TBTabBar.m
index f6e2d6b..660bc24 100644
--- a/TBTabBar.m
+++ b/TBTabBar.m
@@ -71,10 +71,13 @@
         UIButton *b = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
         b.frame = CGRectMake(buttonX, 2, buttonSize + extra, 38);
         UIImage *tabBarButtonBackground = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"tabBarButtonBackground"] stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:1 topCapHeight:0];
+        UIImage *tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted"] stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:1 topCapHeight:0];        
         [b setImage:[info icon] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
         [b setImage:[info highlightedIcon] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
         [b setImage:[info highlightedIcon] forState:UIControlStateSelected];
         [b setBackgroundImage:tabBarButtonBackground forState:UIControlStateNormal];
+        [b setBackgroundImage:tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
+        [b setBackgroundImage:tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted forState:UIControlStateSelected];
         
         [b addTarget:self action:@selector(touchDownForButton:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDown];
         [b addTarget:self action:@selector(touchUpForButton:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
diff --git a/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 7260454..3605ff9 100644
--- a/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 		E6F3962713BA366B00DF98A9 /* mentionsIcon@2x.png in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = E6F3962313BA366A00DF98A9 /* mentionsIcon@2x.png */; };
 		E6F3962813BA366B00DF98A9 /* mentionsIconHighlighted.png in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = E6F3962413BA366B00DF98A9 /* mentionsIconHighlighted.png */; };
 		E6F3962913BA366B00DF98A9 /* mentionsIconHighlighted@2x.png in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = E6F3962513BA366B00DF98A9 /* mentionsIconHighlighted@2x.png */; };
+		EF94DEA6159A638600406976 /* tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted.png in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = EF94DEA4159A638600406976 /* tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted.png */; };
+		EF94DEA7159A638600406976 /* tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted@2x.png in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = EF94DEA5159A638600406976 /* tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted@2x.png */; };
 /* End PBXBuildFile section */
 
 /* Begin PBXFileReference section */
@@ -106,6 +108,8 @@
 		E6F3962313BA366A00DF98A9 /* mentionsIcon@2x.png */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = image.png; path = "mentionsIcon@2x.png"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		E6F3962413BA366B00DF98A9 /* mentionsIconHighlighted.png */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = image.png; path = mentionsIconHighlighted.png; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		E6F3962513BA366B00DF98A9 /* mentionsIconHighlighted@2x.png */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = image.png; path = "mentionsIconHighlighted@2x.png"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		EF94DEA4159A638600406976 /* tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted.png */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = image.png; path = tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted.png; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		EF94DEA5159A638600406976 /* tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted@2x.png */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = image.png; path = "tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted@2x.png"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 /* End PBXFileReference section */
 
 /* Begin PBXFrameworksBuildPhase section */
@@ -191,6 +195,8 @@
 		E6F3957813B9963B00DF98A9 /* Resources */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
+				EF94DEA4159A638600406976 /* tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted.png */,
+				EF94DEA5159A638600406976 /* tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted@2x.png */,
 				E6F3962213BA366A00DF98A9 /* mentionsIcon.png */,
 				E6F3962313BA366A00DF98A9 /* mentionsIcon@2x.png */,
 				E6F3962413BA366B00DF98A9 /* mentionsIconHighlighted.png */,
@@ -303,6 +309,8 @@
 				E6F3962813BA366B00DF98A9 /* mentionsIconHighlighted.png in Resources */,
 				E6F3962913BA366B00DF98A9 /* mentionsIconHighlighted@2x.png in Resources */,
 				E6B0C67B142AD90100F24D54 /* LICENSE in Resources */,
+				EF94DEA6159A638600406976 /* tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted.png in Resources */,
+				EF94DEA7159A638600406976 /* tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted@2x.png in Resources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};
diff --git a/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/zhenia.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate b/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/project.xcworkspace/xcuserdata/zhenia.xcuserdatad/UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d55e4ad
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diff --git a/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/zhenia.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/TweetBotTabBar.xcscheme b/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/zhenia.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/TweetBotTabBar.xcscheme
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ace21e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/zhenia.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/TweetBotTabBar.xcscheme
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Scheme
+   version = "1.3">
+   <BuildAction
+      parallelizeBuildables = "YES"
+      buildImplicitDependencies = "YES">
+      <BuildActionEntries>
+         <BuildActionEntry
+            buildForTesting = "YES"
+            buildForRunning = "YES"
+            buildForProfiling = "YES"
+            buildForArchiving = "YES"
+            buildForAnalyzing = "YES">
+            <BuildableReference
+               BuildableIdentifier = "primary"
+               BlueprintIdentifier = "E6F3953A13B989B100DF98A9"
+               BuildableName = "TweetBotTabBar.app"
+               BlueprintName = "TweetBotTabBar"
+               ReferencedContainer = "container:TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj">
+            </BuildableReference>
+         </BuildActionEntry>
+      </BuildActionEntries>
+   </BuildAction>
+   <TestAction
+      selectedDebuggerIdentifier = "Xcode.DebuggerFoundation.Debugger.LLDB"
+      selectedLauncherIdentifier = "Xcode.DebuggerFoundation.Launcher.LLDB"
+      shouldUseLaunchSchemeArgsEnv = "YES"
+      buildConfiguration = "Debug">
+      <Testables>
+      </Testables>
+      <MacroExpansion>
+         <BuildableReference
+            BuildableIdentifier = "primary"
+            BlueprintIdentifier = "E6F3953A13B989B100DF98A9"
+            BuildableName = "TweetBotTabBar.app"
+            BlueprintName = "TweetBotTabBar"
+            ReferencedContainer = "container:TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj">
+         </BuildableReference>
+      </MacroExpansion>
+   </TestAction>
+   <LaunchAction
+      selectedDebuggerIdentifier = "Xcode.DebuggerFoundation.Debugger.LLDB"
+      selectedLauncherIdentifier = "Xcode.DebuggerFoundation.Launcher.LLDB"
+      launchStyle = "0"
+      useCustomWorkingDirectory = "NO"
+      buildConfiguration = "Debug"
+      ignoresPersistentStateOnLaunch = "NO"
+      debugDocumentVersioning = "YES"
+      allowLocationSimulation = "YES">
+      <BuildableProductRunnable>
+         <BuildableReference
+            BuildableIdentifier = "primary"
+            BlueprintIdentifier = "E6F3953A13B989B100DF98A9"
+            BuildableName = "TweetBotTabBar.app"
+            BlueprintName = "TweetBotTabBar"
+            ReferencedContainer = "container:TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj">
+         </BuildableReference>
+      </BuildableProductRunnable>
+      <AdditionalOptions>
+      </AdditionalOptions>
+   </LaunchAction>
+   <ProfileAction
+      shouldUseLaunchSchemeArgsEnv = "YES"
+      savedToolIdentifier = ""
+      useCustomWorkingDirectory = "NO"
+      buildConfiguration = "Release"
+      debugDocumentVersioning = "YES">
+      <BuildableProductRunnable>
+         <BuildableReference
+            BuildableIdentifier = "primary"
+            BlueprintIdentifier = "E6F3953A13B989B100DF98A9"
+            BuildableName = "TweetBotTabBar.app"
+            BlueprintName = "TweetBotTabBar"
+            ReferencedContainer = "container:TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj">
+         </BuildableReference>
+      </BuildableProductRunnable>
+   </ProfileAction>
+   <AnalyzeAction
+      buildConfiguration = "Debug">
+   </AnalyzeAction>
+   <ArchiveAction
+      buildConfiguration = "Release"
+      revealArchiveInOrganizer = "YES">
+   </ArchiveAction>
+</Scheme>
diff --git a/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/zhenia.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/xcschememanagement.plist b/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/zhenia.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/xcschememanagement.plist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52a069d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TweetBotTabBar.xcodeproj/xcuserdata/zhenia.xcuserdatad/xcschemes/xcschememanagement.plist
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>SchemeUserState</key>
+	<dict>
+		<key>TweetBotTabBar.xcscheme</key>
+		<dict>
+			<key>orderHint</key>
+			<integer>0</integer>
+		</dict>
+	</dict>
+	<key>SuppressBuildableAutocreation</key>
+	<dict>
+		<key>E6F3953A13B989B100DF98A9</key>
+		<dict>
+			<key>primary</key>
+			<true/>
+		</dict>
+	</dict>
+</dict>
+</plist>
diff --git a/tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted.png b/tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted.png
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diff --git a/tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted@2x.png b/tabBarButtonBackgroundHighlighted@2x.png
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index 0000000..e9f62a4
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