diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
index 002f32a60b..e9c4b9628a 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
@@ -557,7 +557,10 @@ void AudioMixer::handleNodeKilled(SharedNodePointer killedNode) {
 }
 
 void AudioMixer::handleNodeIgnoreRequestPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> packet, SharedNodePointer sendingNode) {
-    sendingNode->handleNodeIgnoreRequest(packet);
+    // parse out the UUID being ignored from the packet
+    QUuid ignoredUUID = QUuid::fromRfc4122(packet->readWithoutCopy(NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID));
+
+    sendingNode->addIgnoredNode(ignoredUUID);
 }
 
 void AudioMixer::removeHRTFsForFinishedInjector(const QUuid& streamID) {
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
index 7930ab843f..7b2b98d3e2 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixer.cpp
@@ -434,7 +434,10 @@ void AvatarMixer::handleKillAvatarPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> message
 }
 
 void AvatarMixer::handleNodeIgnoreRequestPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> message, SharedNodePointer senderNode) {
-    senderNode->handleNodeIgnoreRequest(message);
+    // parse out the UUID being ignored from the packet
+    QUuid ignoredUUID = QUuid::fromRfc4122(packet->readWithoutCopy(NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID));
+
+    senderNode->addIgnoredNode(ignoredUUID);
 }
 
 void AvatarMixer::sendStatsPacket() {
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/Node.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/Node.cpp
index 4615c61506..f7fa898fbe 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/Node.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/Node.cpp
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#include <UUID.h>
-
-#include "Node.h"
-#include "SharedUtil.h"
-#include "NodePermissions.h"
-
 #include <QtCore/QDataStream>
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 
+#include <UUID.h>
+
+#include "NetworkLogging.h"
+#include "NodePermissions.h"
+#include "SharedUtil.h"
+
+#include "Node.h"
+
 const QString UNKNOWN_NodeType_t_NAME = "Unknown";
 
 int NodePtrMetaTypeId = qRegisterMetaType<Node*>("Node*");
@@ -78,15 +80,16 @@ void Node::updateClockSkewUsec(qint64 clockSkewSample) {
     _clockSkewUsec = (quint64)_clockSkewMovingPercentile.getValueAtPercentile();
 }
 
-void Node::handleNodeIgnoreRequest(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> packet) {
-    // parse out the UUID being ignored from the packet
-    QUuid ignoredUUID = QUuid::fromRfc4122(packet->readWithoutCopy(NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID));
-
-    qDebug() << "Adding" << uuidStringWithoutCurlyBraces(ignoredUUID) << "to ignore set for"
+void Node::addIgnoredNode(const QUuid& otherNodeID) {
+    if (otherNodeID != _uuid) {
+        qCDebug(networking) << "Adding" << uuidStringWithoutCurlyBraces(otherNodeID) << "to ignore set for"
         << uuidStringWithoutCurlyBraces(_uuid);
 
-    // add the session UUID to the set of ignored ones for this listening node
-    _ignoredNodeIDSet.insert(ignoredUUID);
+        // add the session UUID to the set of ignored ones for this listening node
+        _ignoredNodeIDSet.insert(otherNodeID);
+    } else {
+        qCWarning(networking) << "Node::addIgnoredNode called with ID of ignoring node - nodes cannot self-ignore.";
+    }
 }
 
 QDataStream& operator<<(QDataStream& out, const Node& node) {
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/Node.h b/libraries/networking/src/Node.h
index daebc1fcfb..ae775e50b2 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/Node.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/Node.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public:
     bool getCanRezTmp() const { return _permissions.canRezTemporaryEntities; }
     bool getCanWriteToAssetServer() const { return _permissions.canWriteToAssetServer; }
 
-    void handleNodeIgnoreRequest(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> packet);
+    void addIgnoredNode(const QUuid& otherNodeID);
     bool isIgnoringNodeWithID(const QUuid& nodeID) const { return _ignoredNodeIDSet.find(nodeID) != _ignoredNodeIDSet.cend(); }
 
     friend QDataStream& operator<<(QDataStream& out, const Node& node);
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.cpp
index 94c448ac86..6f863268c6 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ void UsersScriptingInterface::ignore(const QUuid& nodeID) {
         // send off this ignore packet reliably to the matching node
         nodeList->sendPacket(std::move(ignorePacket), *destinationNode);
     });
+
+    emit ignoredNode(nodeID);
 }
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.h b/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.h
index 0dc62c088c..a63d375f3f 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.h
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/UsersScriptingInterface.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class UsersScriptingInterface : public QObject, public Dependency {
 
 public slots:
     void ignore(const QUuid& nodeID);
+signals:
+    void ignoredNode(const QUuid& nodeID);
 };