ok can you update to lay theme 8.0.9 now and try if it works now?
it should even work now if you have:
customize → project thumbnails
→ project thumbnails mouseover → "show mouseover state on touch or tap, tap again to enter project"
if you tap, then tap again
cause i think thats the setting you're using now which creates problems.
however i think this setting doesn't make sense in your case since you don't have a hoverstate. so people would still need to tap twice on your thumbnail to enter the project without getting a visual hint that they have already tapped once