diff --git a/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelNodeData.cpp b/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelNodeData.cpp
index 705ea8b2e7..57e42b634a 100644
--- a/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelNodeData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelNodeData.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ VoxelNodeData::VoxelNodeData(Node* owningNode) :
     _viewFrustumChanging(false),
     _viewFrustumJustStoppedChanging(true),
     _currentPacketIsColor(true),
-    _voxelSendThread(NULL)
+    _voxelSendThread(NULL),
+    _lastClientBoundaryLevelAdjust(0),
+    _lastClientVoxelSizeScale(DEFAULT_VOXEL_SIZE_SCALE),
+    _lodChanged(false)
 {
     _voxelPacket = new unsigned char[MAX_VOXEL_PACKET_SIZE];
     _voxelPacketAt = _voxelPacket;
@@ -140,6 +143,17 @@ bool VoxelNodeData::updateCurrentViewFrustum() {
         currentViewFrustumChanged = true;
     }
     
+    // Also check for LOD changes from the client
+    if (_lastClientBoundaryLevelAdjust != getBoundaryLevelAdjust()) {
+        _lastClientBoundaryLevelAdjust = getBoundaryLevelAdjust();
+        _lodChanged = true;
+    }
+    if (_lastClientVoxelSizeScale != getVoxelSizeScale()) {
+        _lastClientVoxelSizeScale = getVoxelSizeScale();
+        _lodChanged = true;
+    }
+    
+    
     // When we first detect that the view stopped changing, we record this.
     // but we don't change it back to false until we've completely sent this
     // scene.
@@ -154,6 +168,7 @@ void VoxelNodeData::setViewSent(bool viewSent) {
     _viewSent = viewSent; 
     if (viewSent) {
         _viewFrustumJustStoppedChanging = false;
+        _lodChanged = false;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelNodeData.h b/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelNodeData.h
index 4049cdda36..ef5b32a894 100644
--- a/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelNodeData.h
+++ b/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelNodeData.h
@@ -48,25 +48,27 @@ public:
     VoxelNodeBag nodeBag;
     CoverageMap map;
 
-    ViewFrustum& getCurrentViewFrustum()     { return _currentViewFrustum; };
-    ViewFrustum& getLastKnownViewFrustum()   { return _lastKnownViewFrustum; };
+    ViewFrustum& getCurrentViewFrustum() { return _currentViewFrustum; };
+    ViewFrustum& getLastKnownViewFrustum() { return _lastKnownViewFrustum; };
     
     // These are not classic setters because they are calculating and maintaining state
     // which is set asynchronously through the network receive
     bool updateCurrentViewFrustum();
     void updateLastKnownViewFrustum();
 
-    bool getViewSent() const        { return _viewSent; };
+    bool getViewSent() const { return _viewSent; };
     void setViewSent(bool viewSent);
 
-    bool getViewFrustumChanging()            const { return _viewFrustumChanging;            };
+    bool getViewFrustumChanging() const { return _viewFrustumChanging;            };
     bool getViewFrustumJustStoppedChanging() const { return _viewFrustumJustStoppedChanging; };
     
 
-    uint64_t  getLastTimeBagEmpty() const                      { return _lastTimeBagEmpty; };
-    void      setLastTimeBagEmpty(uint64_t lastTimeBagEmpty)  { _lastTimeBagEmpty = lastTimeBagEmpty; };
+    uint64_t getLastTimeBagEmpty() const { return _lastTimeBagEmpty; };
+    void setLastTimeBagEmpty(uint64_t lastTimeBagEmpty) { _lastTimeBagEmpty = lastTimeBagEmpty; };
 
     bool getCurrentPacketIsColor() const { return _currentPacketIsColor; };
+
+    bool hasLodChanged() const { return _lodChanged; };
     
     VoxelSceneStats stats;
     
@@ -98,6 +100,11 @@ private:
     bool _currentPacketIsColor;
 
     VoxelSendThread* _voxelSendThread;
+
+    // watch for LOD changes
+    int _lastClientBoundaryLevelAdjust;
+    float _lastClientVoxelSizeScale;
+    bool _lodChanged;
 };
 
 #endif /* defined(__hifi__VoxelNodeData__) */
diff --git a/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelSendThread.cpp b/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelSendThread.cpp
index e3705643b7..2cfb72a246 100644
--- a/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelSendThread.cpp
+++ b/libraries/voxel-server-library/src/VoxelSendThread.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ void VoxelSendThread::deepestLevelVoxelDistributor(Node* node, VoxelNodeData* no
         }
         
         // start tracking our stats
-        bool isFullScene = (!viewFrustumChanged || !nodeData->getWantDelta()) && nodeData->getViewFrustumJustStoppedChanging();
+        bool isFullScene = ((!viewFrustumChanged || !nodeData->getWantDelta()) 
+                                && nodeData->getViewFrustumJustStoppedChanging()) || nodeData->hasLodChanged();
         
         // If we're starting a full scene, then definitely we want to empty the nodeBag
         if (isFullScene) {
@@ -258,11 +259,8 @@ void VoxelSendThread::deepestLevelVoxelDistributor(Node* node, VoxelNodeData* no
                                                                               ? LOW_RES_MOVING_ADJUST : NO_BOUNDARY_ADJUST);
 
 
-                printf("packetLoop() voxelSizeScale=%f boundaryLevelAdjustClient=%d boundaryLevelAdjust=%d\n",
-                    voxelSizeScale, boundaryLevelAdjustClient, boundaryLevelAdjust);
-
-                bool isFullScene = (!viewFrustumChanged || !nodeData->getWantDelta()) && 
-                                 nodeData->getViewFrustumJustStoppedChanging();
+                bool isFullScene = ((!viewFrustumChanged || !nodeData->getWantDelta()) && 
+                                 nodeData->getViewFrustumJustStoppedChanging()) || nodeData->hasLodChanged();
                 
                 EncodeBitstreamParams params(INT_MAX, &nodeData->getCurrentViewFrustum(), wantColor, 
                                              WANT_EXISTS_BITS, DONT_CHOP, wantDelta, lastViewFrustum,