diff --git a/.idea/gradle.xml b/.idea/gradle.xml
index d607bb7..540ad44 100644
--- a/.idea/gradle.xml
+++ b/.idea/gradle.xml
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
   <component name="GradleSettings">
     <option name="linkedExternalProjectsSettings">
       <GradleProjectSettings>
-        <option name="distributionType" value="LOCAL" />
+        <option name="distributionType" value="DEFAULT_WRAPPED" />
         <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
-        <option name="gradleHome" value="C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\gradle\gradle-2.8" />
-        <option name="gradleJvm" value="1.7" />
+        <option name="gradleJvm" value="1.8" />
         <option name="modules">
           <set>
             <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 1a3eaff..5d19981 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Add" />
     <ConfirmationsSetting value="0" id="Remove" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_7" default="true" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="1.7" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_7" default="true" assert-keyword="true" jdk-15="true" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
   </component>
   <component name="ProjectType">
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/daprlabs/swipedeck/SwipeDeckActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/daprlabs/swipedeck/SwipeDeckActivity.java
index 9ca4523..bf08428 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/daprlabs/swipedeck/SwipeDeckActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/daprlabs/swipedeck/SwipeDeckActivity.java
@@ -28,29 +28,31 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         cardStack = (SwipeDeck) findViewById(R.id.swipe_deck);
 
         final ArrayList<String> testData = new ArrayList<>();
+        testData.add("0");
         testData.add("1");
         testData.add("2");
         testData.add("3");
         testData.add("4");
-        testData.add("5");
 
         final SwipeDeckAdapter adapter = new SwipeDeckAdapter(testData, this);
         cardStack.setAdapter(adapter);
 
         cardStack.setEventCallback(new SwipeDeck.SwipeEventCallback() {
             @Override
-            public void cardSwipedLeft() {
-                Log.i("MainActivity", "card was swiped left");
+            public void cardSwipedLeft(int position) {
+                Log.i("MainActivity", "card was swiped left, position in adapter: " + position);
             }
 
             @Override
-            public void cardSwipedRight() {
-                Log.i("MainActivity", "card was swiped right");
+            public void cardSwipedRight(int position) {
+                Log.i("MainActivity", "card was swiped right, position in adapter: " + position);
             }
 
             @Override
-            public void cardClicked() {
-                Log.i("MainActivity", "card was clicked");
+            public void cardClicked(int position) {
+                Log.i("MainActivity", "card was clicked, position in adapter: " + position);
+                //example of how to get the item that was clicked / swiped / etc
+                Log.i("MainActivity", (String)adapter.getItem(position));
             }
 
             @Override
@@ -66,11 +68,10 @@ public void cardsDepleted() {
         btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
             @Override
             public void onClick(View v) {
-                testData.add("");
+                testData.add("a sample object. in this case a string.");
                 adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
             }
         });
-
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/cardstack/build.gradle b/cardstack/build.gradle
index f0260d4..5c96e26 100644
--- a/cardstack/build.gradle
+++ b/cardstack/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ext {
     siteUrl = 'https://github.com/aaronbond/Swipe-Deck'
     gitUrl = 'https://github.com/aaronbond/Swipe-Deck.git'
 
-    libraryVersion = '0.0.7'
+    libraryVersion = '0.1.0'
 
     developerId = 'aaronbond'
     developerName = 'Aaron Bond'
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ android {
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 14
         targetSdkVersion 23
-        versionCode 7
-        versionName "0.0.7"
+        versionCode 8
+        versionName "0.1.0"
     }
     buildTypes {
         release {
diff --git a/cardstack/src/main/java/com/daprlabs/cardstack/SwipeDeck.java b/cardstack/src/main/java/com/daprlabs/cardstack/SwipeDeck.java
index 1cddd76..944132b 100644
--- a/cardstack/src/main/java/com/daprlabs/cardstack/SwipeDeck.java
+++ b/cardstack/src/main/java/com/daprlabs/cardstack/SwipeDeck.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ private void addNextCard() {
             nextAdapterCard++;
         }
         setZTranslations();
-        setupTopCard();
+        setupTopCard(nextAdapterCard);
     }
 
     private void setZTranslations() {
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ private void setZTranslations() {
         }
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Adds a view as a child view and takes care of measuring it
      *
@@ -268,9 +267,14 @@ protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
     }
 
 
-    private void setupTopCard() {
+    private void setupTopCard(final int cardPosition) {
         final View child = getChildAt(0);
 
+        //this calculation is to get the correct position in the adapter of the current top card
+        //the card position on setup top card is currently always the bottom card in the view
+        //at any given time.
+        int childCount = getChildCount();
+        final int pos = cardPosition - childCount;
         int initialX = paddingLeft;
         int initialY = paddingTop;
 
@@ -281,20 +285,20 @@ private void setupTopCard() {
                 @Override
                 public void cardSwipedLeft() {
                     removeTopCard();
+                    if(eventCallback != null)eventCallback.cardSwipedLeft(pos);
                     addNextCard();
-                    if(eventCallback != null)eventCallback.cardSwipedLeft();
                 }
 
                 @Override
                 public void cardSwipedRight() {
                     removeTopCard();
                     addNextCard();
-                    if(eventCallback != null)eventCallback.cardSwipedRight();
+                    if(eventCallback != null)eventCallback.cardSwipedRight(pos);
                 }
 
                 @Override
                 public void cardClicked() {
-                    if(eventCallback != null)eventCallback.cardClicked();
+                    if(eventCallback != null)eventCallback.cardClicked(pos);
                 }
             }, initialX, initialY, ROTATION_DEGREES, OPACITY_END);
 
@@ -329,9 +333,10 @@ public void setRightImage(int imageResource){
     }
 
     public interface SwipeEventCallback {
-        void cardSwipedLeft();
-        void cardSwipedRight();
-        void cardClicked();
+        //returning the object position in the adapter
+        void cardSwipedLeft(int position);
+        void cardSwipedRight(int position);
+        void cardClicked(int position);
         void cardsDepleted();
     }