diff --git a/interface/src/main.cpp b/interface/src/main.cpp
index 7b80ce6e56..62fa6c77a3 100644
--- a/interface/src/main.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/main.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include <PerfStat.h>
 #include <SharedUtil.h>
 #include <PacketHeaders.h>
+#include <AvatarData.h>
 
 #include "ViewFrustum.h"
 
@@ -1310,7 +1311,7 @@ void *networkReceive(void *args)
                     AgentList::getInstance()->processBulkAgentData(&senderAddress,
                                                                    incomingPacket,
                                                                    bytesReceived,
-                                                                   (sizeof(float) * 3) + (sizeof(uint16_t) * 3));
+                                                                   BYTES_PER_AVATAR);
                     break;
                 default:
                     AgentList::getInstance()->processAgentData(&senderAddress, incomingPacket, bytesReceived);
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
index fe36b44817..5e1fbf7828 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include <SharedUtil.h>
 #include <PacketHeaders.h>
 
 #include "AvatarData.h"
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ int packFloatAngleToTwoByte(unsigned char* buffer, float angle) {
     return sizeof(uint16_t);
 }
 
-int unpackFloatAngleFromTwoByte(uint16_t *byteAnglePointer, float *destinationPointer) {
+int unpackFloatAngleFromTwoByte(uint16_t* byteAnglePointer, float* destinationPointer) {
     *destinationPointer = (*byteAnglePointer / std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max()) * 360.0 - 180;
     return sizeof(uint16_t);
 }
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ int AvatarData::getBroadcastData(unsigned char* destinationBuffer) {
 
 // called on the other agents - assigns it to my views of the others
 void AvatarData::parseData(unsigned char* sourceBuffer, int numBytes) {
-    
     // increment to push past the packet header
     sourceBuffer++;
     
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h
index b650a317f8..8a954d6736 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 #include <AgentData.h>
 
+const int BYTES_PER_AVATAR = 30;
+
 class AvatarData : public AgentData {
 public:
     AvatarData();
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.cpp
index 33716ec9f1..e4325df2a0 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void AgentList::processBulkAgentData(sockaddr *senderAddress, unsigned char *pac
 
     unsigned char *startPosition = (unsigned char *)packetData;
     unsigned char *currentPosition = startPosition + 1;
-    unsigned char *packetHolder = new unsigned char[numBytesPerAgent + 1];
+    unsigned char packetHolder[numBytesPerAgent + 1];
     
     packetHolder[0] = PACKET_HEADER_HEAD_DATA;
     
@@ -122,13 +122,12 @@ void AgentList::processBulkAgentData(sockaddr *senderAddress, unsigned char *pac
         int matchingAgentIndex = indexOfMatchingAgent(agentID);
         
         if (matchingAgentIndex >= 0) {
+            
             updateAgentWithData(&agents[matchingAgentIndex], packetHolder, numBytesPerAgent + 1);
         }
         
         currentPosition += numBytesPerAgent;
     }
-    
-    delete[] packetHolder;
 }
 
 void AgentList::updateAgentWithData(sockaddr *senderAddress, unsigned char *packetData, size_t dataBytes) {
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ void AgentList::updateAgentWithData(Agent *agent, unsigned char *packetData, int
             linkedDataCreateCallback(agent);
         }
     }
-    
+
     agent->getLinkedData()->parseData(packetData, dataBytes);
 }