diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
index a56c140326..33fb90c3f4 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixerClientData.cpp
@@ -218,12 +218,10 @@ void AudioMixerClientData::sendAudioStreamStatsPackets(const SharedNodePointer&
 
     auto nodeList = DependencyManager::get<NodeList>();
 
-    // The append flag is a boolean value that will be packed right after the header.  The first packet sent
-    // inside this method will have 0 for this flag, every subsequent packet but the last will have 1 for this flag,
-    // and the last packet will have 2 for this flag.
+    // The append flag is a boolean value that will be packed right after the header.
     // This flag allows the client to know when it has received all stats packets, so it can group any downstream effects,
     // and clear its cache of injector stream stats; it helps to prevent buildup of dead audio stream stats in the client.
-    quint8 appendFlag = 0;
+    quint8 appendFlag = AudioStreamStats::START;
 
     auto streamsCopy = getAudioStreams();
 
@@ -241,12 +239,12 @@ void AudioMixerClientData::sendAudioStreamStatsPackets(const SharedNodePointer&
 
         // is this the terminal packet?
         if (numStreamStatsRemaining <= numStreamStatsToPack) {
-            appendFlag = 2;
+            appendFlag |= AudioStreamStats::END;
         }
 
         // pack the append flag in this packet
         statsPacket->writePrimitive(appendFlag);
-        appendFlag = 1;
+        appendFlag = 0;
 
         // pack the number of stream stats to follow
         statsPacket->writePrimitive(numStreamStatsToPack);
diff --git a/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioIOStats.cpp b/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioIOStats.cpp
index 77ce82e565..0d952fd22c 100644
--- a/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioIOStats.cpp
+++ b/libraries/audio-client/src/AudioIOStats.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void AudioIOStats::processStreamStatsPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> mess
     quint8 appendFlag;
     message->readPrimitive(&appendFlag);
 
-    if (appendFlag == 0) {
+    if (appendFlag & AudioStreamStats::START) {
         _injectorStreams.clear();
     }
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void AudioIOStats::processStreamStatsPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> mess
         }
     }
 
-    if (appendFlag == 2) {
+    if (appendFlag & AudioStreamStats::END) {
         _interface->updateInjectorStreams(_injectorStreams);
     }
 }
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void AudioIOStats::publish() {
         return;
     }
 
-    quint8 appendFlag = 0;
+    quint8 appendFlag = AudioStreamStats::START | AudioStreamStats::END;
     quint16 numStreamStatsToPack = 1;
     AudioStreamStats stats = _receivedAudioStream->getAudioStreamStats();
 
diff --git a/libraries/audio/src/AudioStreamStats.h b/libraries/audio/src/AudioStreamStats.h
index 046c4e5a47..1230c14706 100644
--- a/libraries/audio/src/AudioStreamStats.h
+++ b/libraries/audio/src/AudioStreamStats.h
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
 
 class AudioStreamStats {
 public:
+    // Intermediate packets should have no flag set
+    // Unique packets should have both flags set
+    enum AppendFlag : quint8 {
+        START = 1,
+        END = 2
+    };
+
     AudioStreamStats()
         : _streamType(-1),
         _streamIdentifier(),