diff --git a/view/theme/frio/js/hovercard.js b/view/theme/frio/js/hovercard.js
index 93c87e7a88..a0def61eb5 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/js/hovercard.js
+++ b/view/theme/frio/js/hovercard.js
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 			var title = targetElement.attr("title");
 			targetElement.attr({"data-orig-title": title, title: ""});
 
+			// if the device is a mobile open the hover card by click and not by hover
+			if(typeof is_mobile != "undefined") {
+					targetElement[0].removeAttribute("href");
+					var hctrigger = 'click';
+				} else {
+					var hctrigger = 'manual';
+			};
+
 			// Timeoute until the hover-card does appear
 			setTimeout(function(){
 				if(targetElement.is(":hover") && parseInt(targetElement.attr('data-awaiting-hover-card'),10) == timeNow) {
@@ -69,7 +77,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 										}
 										return "top";
 									},
-									trigger: 'manual',
+									trigger: hctrigger,
 									template: '<div class="popover hovercard" data-card-created="' + timeNow + '"><div class="arrow"></div><div class="popover-content hovercard-content"></div></div>',
 									content: data
 								}).popover('show');
@@ -90,8 +98,12 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
 	// hover cards should be removed very easily, e.g. when any of these events happen
 	$('body').on("mouseleave touchstart scroll click dblclick mousedown mouseup submit keydown keypress keyup", function(e){
-		var timeNow = new Date().getTime();
-		removeAllhoverCards(e,timeNow);
+		// remove hover card only for desktiop user, since on mobile we openen the hovercards
+		// by click event insteadof hover
+		if(typeof is_mobile == "undefined") {
+			var timeNow = new Date().getTime();
+			removeAllhoverCards(e,timeNow);
+		};
 	});
 
 	// if we're hovering a hover card, give it a class, so we don't remove it
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/theme.php b/view/theme/frio/theme.php
index c5c18d0aa2..a7c3b0c5dc 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/theme.php
+++ b/view/theme/frio/theme.php
@@ -21,9 +21,16 @@ function frio_init(&$a) {
 	$frio = "view/theme/frio";
 
 	global $frio;
-	
-	
 
+	// if the device is a mobile device set js is_mobile
+	// variable so the js scripts can use this information
+	if($a->is_mobile || $a->is_tablet) {
+		$a->page["htmlhead"] .= <<< EOT
+			<script>
+				var is_mobile = 1;
+			</script>
+EOT;
+			}
 
 	if ($style == "")
 		$style = get_config('frio', 'style');