diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader_Mesh.cpp b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader_Mesh.cpp
index 72f0fc6f23..e8b5abcc9c 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader_Mesh.cpp
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader_Mesh.cpp
@@ -761,6 +761,12 @@ void FBXReader::buildModelMesh(FBXMesh& extractedMesh, const QString& url) {
     bool interleavePositions = true;
     bool interleaveNormalsTangents = true;
 
+    // TODO: We are using the same vertex format layout for all meshes because this is more efficient
+    //       This work is going into rc73 release which is meant to be used for the SPot500 event and we are picking the format
+    //       that works best for blendshaped and skinned  meshes aka the avatars.
+    //       We will improve this technique in a hot fix to 73.
+    hasBlendShapes = true;
+
     // If has blend shapes allocate and assign buffers for pos and tangents now
     if (hasBlendShapes) {
         auto posBuffer = std::make_shared<gpu::Buffer>();