diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index c359275d8a..18313592aa 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -794,6 +794,8 @@ void Application::cleanupBeforeQuit() {
     DependencyManager::get<EyeTracker>()->setEnabled(false, true);
 #endif
 
+    AnimDebugDraw::getInstance().shutdown();
+
     if (_keyboardFocusHighlightID > 0) {
         getOverlays().deleteOverlay(_keyboardFocusHighlightID);
         _keyboardFocusHighlightID = -1;
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/AnimDebugDraw.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/AnimDebugDraw.cpp
index e7dc75dd57..2db9094bcb 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/AnimDebugDraw.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/AnimDebugDraw.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ AnimDebugDraw::AnimDebugDraw() :
 }
 
 AnimDebugDraw::~AnimDebugDraw() {
+}
+
+void AnimDebugDraw::shutdown() {
+    // remove renderItem from main 3d scene.
     render::ScenePointer scene = AbstractViewStateInterface::instance()->getMain3DScene();
     if (scene && _itemID) {
         render::PendingChanges pendingChanges;
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/AnimDebugDraw.h b/libraries/render-utils/src/AnimDebugDraw.h
index c2205c1afe..ee0e52fe0f 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/AnimDebugDraw.h
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/AnimDebugDraw.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public:
     AnimDebugDraw();
     ~AnimDebugDraw();
 
+    void shutdown();
+
     // draw a skeleton bind pose
     void addSkeleton(const std::string& key, AnimSkeleton::ConstPointer skeleton, const AnimPose& rootPose, const glm::vec4& color);
     void removeSkeleton(const std::string& key);