Can't get trackpad to recognize three finger tap gesture for left click

Hello,
Hoping someone can help me. I am new to mac and just got a mbp 13. I have magicprefs installed so I can add various trackpad gestures. I have it set up so that when I do a 3 finger tap it should equal a left click. No matter what I do, the trackpad doesn't recognize this.
The trackpad recognizes the 2 finger tap as right click just fine, so I'm not sure what the problem is. Do I have to enable or disable something in the system preference trackpad box to allow for a left click gesture?
Any help would be appreciated-I use left click a lot and it would be great to just do this with a 3 finger tap. Thanks in advance.

http://magicprefs.com/faq.html

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