diff --git a/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/applauseOmeter.js b/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/applauseOmeter.js
index 392bd941fe..f6225d1a13 100644
--- a/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/applauseOmeter.js
+++ b/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/applauseOmeter.js
@@ -3,22 +3,10 @@
 //
 
 (function () {
-    var pivotID, needleID;
+    var thisEntityID;
 
     this.preload = function (entityID) {
-
-        var children = Entities.getChildrenIDs(entityID);
-        var childZero = Entities.getEntityProperties(children[0]);
-        var childOne = Entities.getEntityProperties(children[1]);
-        var childZeroUserData = JSON.parse(Entities.getEntityProperties(children[0]).userData);
-
-        if (childZeroUserData.name === "pivot") {
-            pivotID = childZero.id;
-            needleID = childOne.id;
-        } else {
-            pivotID = childOne.id;
-            needleID = childZero.id;
-        }
+        thisEntityID = entityID;
     };
 
     var SCAN_RATE = 100; //ms
@@ -70,10 +58,8 @@
         // we have a range of 55 to -53 degrees for the needle
 
         var scaledDegrees = (norm / -.94) + 54.5; // shifting scale from 100 to 55 to -53 ish its more like -51 ;
-        Entities.editEntity(pivotID, {
-            localRotation: Quat.fromPitchYawRollDegrees(0, 0, scaledDegrees)
-        });
 
+        Entities.setAbsoluteJointRotationInObjectFrame(thisEntityID, 0, Quat.fromPitchYawRollDegrees(0, 0, scaledDegrees));
 
     }
 
diff --git a/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/models/applauseOmeter.fbx b/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/models/applauseOmeter.fbx
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diff --git a/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/models/applauseOmeterNeedleTextured.fbx b/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/models/applauseOmeterNeedleTextured.fbx
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diff --git a/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/models/applauseOmeterTextured.fbx b/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/models/applauseOmeterTextured.fbx
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diff --git a/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/rezApplauseOmeter.js b/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/rezApplauseOmeter.js
index e988e32243..1d89861512 100644
--- a/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/rezApplauseOmeter.js
+++ b/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/audienceApplauseMeter/rezApplauseOmeter.js
@@ -10,34 +10,15 @@
     var meter = {
         stand: {
             type: 'Model',
-            modelURL: 'https://binaryrelay.com/files/public-docs/hifi/meter/applauseOmeterTextured.fbx',
+            modelURL: 'https://binaryrelay.com/files/public-docs/hifi/meter/applauseOmeter.fbx',
             lifetime: '3600',
             script: 'https://binaryrelay.com/files/public-docs/hifi/meter/applauseOmeter.js',
             position: Vec3.sum(pos, {x: 0, y: 2.0, z: 0})
-        },
-        pivot:{
-            type:'Sphere',
-            parentID: '',
-            userData: '{"name":"pivot"}',
-            dimensions: {x: .05, y: .05, z: .05},
-            lifetime: '3600',
-            position: Vec3.sum(pos, {x: 0, y: 3.385, z: 0.2})
-        },
-        needle: {
-            type: 'Model',
-            modelURL:'https://binaryrelay.com/files/public-docs/hifi/meter/applauseOmeterNeedleTextured.fbx',
-            parentID: '',
-            userData: '{"name":"needle"}',
-            dimensions: {x: .286, y: 1.12, z: .07},
-            lifetime: '3600',
-            position: Vec3.sum(pos, {x: 0, y: 3.85, z: 0.2})
         }
+
     };
 
 
-    meter.pivot.parentID = Entities.addEntity(meter.stand);
-    meter.needle.parentID = Entities.addEntity(meter.pivot);
-    Entities.addEntity(meter.needle);
-
+    Entities.addEntity(meter.stand);
 
 })();