diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/OtherAvatar.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/OtherAvatar.cpp
index 7f9c8f854e..7bdc9cb0f9 100755
--- a/interface/src/avatar/OtherAvatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/OtherAvatar.cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void OtherAvatar::debugJointData() const {
         }
         QVector<AnimPose> worldFramePoses;
         for (int i = 0; i < (int)jointPoses.size(); i++) {
-            auto &jointPose = jointPoses[i];
+            auto& jointPose = jointPoses[i];
             int parentIndex = skeletonData[i].parentIndex;
             if (parentIndex < worldFramePoses.size()) {
                 glm::vec3 xAxis = jointPose.rot() * Vectors::UNIT_X;
diff --git a/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp
index f4c00ce9ab..6961ba880d 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars-renderer/src/avatars-renderer/Avatar.cpp
@@ -1452,8 +1452,8 @@ QStringList Avatar::getJointNames() const {
 std::vector<AvatarSkeletonTrait::UnpackedJointData> Avatar::getSkeletonDefaultData() {
     std::vector<AvatarSkeletonTrait::UnpackedJointData> defaultSkeletonData;
     if (_skeletonModel->isLoaded()) {
-        auto &model = _skeletonModel->getHFMModel();
-        auto &rig = _skeletonModel->getRig();
+        auto& model = _skeletonModel->getHFMModel();
+        auto& rig = _skeletonModel->getRig();
         float geometryToRigScale = glm::length(extractScale(rig.getGeometryToRigTransform()));
         QStringList jointNames = getJointNames();
         int sizeCount = 0;
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
index e3b023acf8..d9db60c757 100755
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ QByteArray AvatarData::packSkeletonData() const {
 
         for (size_t i = 0; i < _avatarSkeletonData.size(); i++) {
             header.stringTableLength += (uint16_t)_avatarSkeletonData[i].jointName.size();
-            auto &translation = _avatarSkeletonData[i].defaultTranslation;
+            auto& translation = _avatarSkeletonData[i].defaultTranslation;
             header.maxTranslationDimension = std::max(header.maxTranslationDimension, std::max(std::max(translation.x, translation.y), translation.z));
             header.maxScaleDimension = std::max(header.maxScaleDimension, _avatarSkeletonData[i].defaultScale);
         }