@composi/gestures swipe with lit element

i am trying to implement gestures with my lit-element using the library: https://github.com/composi/gestures

at the top of my file i have the following:

import { gestures } from '@composi/gestures'
gestures();

Then in my render function i have:

render() {
 return html`
  <div class="tablet-menu " id="tablet-menu-T">
  <div class="tablet-menu-body" on-swipe="${this._swipe}">
....

However the _swipe function is never called. so it doesnt seem that it registers the swipe command.

Can anyone tell me what ive done wrong?

from @composi/gestures swipe with lit element