diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
index a5dbdb463c..5e0682bd93 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
@@ -713,8 +713,8 @@ bool RenderableModelEntityItem::setAbsoluteJointRotationInObjectFrame(int index,
     bool result = false;
     _jointDataLock.withWriteLock([&] {
         resizeJointArrays();
-        if (index >= 0 && index < _absoluteJointRotationsInObjectFrame.size() &&
-            _absoluteJointRotationsInObjectFrame[index] != rotation) {
+        if (index >= 0 && index < _absoluteJointRotationsInObjectFrame.size() /* &&
+            _absoluteJointRotationsInObjectFrame[index] != rotation*/) {
             _absoluteJointRotationsInObjectFrame[index] = rotation;
             _absoluteJointRotationsInObjectFrameSet[index] = true;
             _absoluteJointRotationsInObjectFrameDirty[index] = true;
@@ -728,8 +728,8 @@ bool RenderableModelEntityItem::setAbsoluteJointTranslationInObjectFrame(int ind
     bool result = false;
     _jointDataLock.withWriteLock([&] {
         resizeJointArrays();
-        if (index >= 0 && index < _absoluteJointTranslationsInObjectFrame.size() &&
-            _absoluteJointTranslationsInObjectFrame[index] != translation) {
+        if (index >= 0 && index < _absoluteJointTranslationsInObjectFrame.size() /* &&
+            _absoluteJointTranslationsInObjectFrame[index] != translation*/) {
             _absoluteJointTranslationsInObjectFrame[index] = translation;
             _absoluteJointTranslationsInObjectFrameSet[index] = true;
             _absoluteJointTranslationsInObjectFrameDirty[index] = true;
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
index ac5a9b754c..f759afe288 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ bool EntityScriptingInterface::setAbsoluteJointsDataInObjectFrame(const QUuid& e
             EntityItemProperties properties;
             _entityTree->withWriteLock([&] {
                 properties = entity->getProperties();
+                entity->setLastEdited(now);
                 entity->setLastBroadcast(now);
             });