diff --git a/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp b/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
index 669c2b177f..0ba83864c4 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ void Agent::handleSelectedAudioFormat(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> message) {
 }
 
 void Agent::selectAudioFormat(const QString& selectedCodecName) {
+    if (_selectedCodecName == selectedCodecName) {
+        return;
+    }
     _selectedCodecName = selectedCodecName;
 
     qDebug() << "Selected Codec:" << _selectedCodecName;
@@ -351,9 +354,15 @@ void Agent::executeScript() {
         Transform audioTransform;
         audioTransform.setTranslation(scriptedAvatar->getPosition());
         audioTransform.setRotation(scriptedAvatar->getOrientation());
-        AbstractAudioInterface::emitAudioPacket(audio.data(), audio.size(), audioSequenceNumber,
+        QByteArray encodedBuffer;
+        if (_encoder) {
+            _encoder->encode(audio, encodedBuffer);
+        } else {
+            encodedBuffer = audio;
+        }
+        AbstractAudioInterface::emitAudioPacket(encodedBuffer.data(), encodedBuffer.size(), audioSequenceNumber,
             audioTransform, scriptedAvatar->getPosition(), glm::vec3(0),
-            PacketType::MicrophoneAudioNoEcho);
+            PacketType::MicrophoneAudioNoEcho, _selectedCodecName);
     });
 
     auto avatarHashMap = DependencyManager::set<AvatarHashMap>();
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/entities/EntityServer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/entities/EntityServer.cpp
index 724571c111..83a1b1ef84 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/entities/EntityServer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/entities/EntityServer.cpp
@@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ void EntityServer::readAdditionalConfiguration(const QJsonObject& settingsSectio
         // FIXME: handle atp rquests setup here. See Agent::requestScript()
         qInfo() << "Requesting script at URL" << qPrintable(scriptRequest->getUrl().toString());
         scriptRequest->send();
+        qDebug() << "script request sent";
         _scriptRequestLoop.exec(); // Block here, but allow the request to be processed and its signals to be handled.
+        qDebug() << "script request event loop complete";
     }
 }
 
@@ -351,6 +353,7 @@ static bool hadUncaughtExceptions(QScriptEngine& engine, const QString& fileName
     return false;
 }
 void EntityServer::scriptRequestFinished() {
+    qDebug() << "script request completed";
     auto scriptRequest = qobject_cast<ResourceRequest*>(sender());
     const QString urlString = scriptRequest->getUrl().toString();
     if (scriptRequest && scriptRequest->getResult() == ResourceRequest::Success) {
@@ -364,9 +367,11 @@ void EntityServer::scriptRequestFinished() {
                     return hadUncaughtExceptions(_entityEditFilterEngine, _entityEditFilter);
                 });
                 scriptRequest->deleteLater();
+                qDebug() << "script request ending event loop. running:" << _scriptRequestLoop.isRunning();
                 if (_scriptRequestLoop.isRunning()) {
                     _scriptRequestLoop.quit();
                 }
+                qDebug() << "script request event loop quit";
                 return;
             }
         }
@@ -379,10 +384,13 @@ void EntityServer::scriptRequestFinished() {
     }
     // Hard stop of the assignment client on failure. We don't want anyone to think they have a filter in place when they don't.
     // Alas, only indications will be the above logging with assignment client restarting repeatedly, and clients will not see any entities.
+    qDebug() << "script request failure causing stop";
     stop();
+    qDebug() << "script request ending event loop. running:" << _scriptRequestLoop.isRunning();
     if (_scriptRequestLoop.isRunning()) {
         _scriptRequestLoop.quit();
     }
+    qDebug() << "script request event loop quit";
 }
 
 void EntityServer::nodeAdded(SharedNodePointer node) {
diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
index 50f1808f94..f3554727dd 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ Rectangle {
         onSortIndicatorOrderChanged: sortModel()
 
         TableViewColumn {
+            id: displayNameHeader
             role: "displayName"
-            title: "NAMES"
+            title: table.rowCount + (table.rowCount === 1 ? " NAME" : " NAMES")
             width: nameCardWidth
             movable: false
             resizable: false
@@ -351,6 +352,11 @@ Rectangle {
         visible: iAmAdmin
         color: hifi.colors.lightGrayText
     }
+    TextMetrics {
+        id: displayNameHeaderMetrics
+        text: displayNameHeader.title
+        font: displayNameHeader.font
+    }
     // This Rectangle refers to the [?] popup button next to "NAMES"
     Rectangle {
         color: hifi.colors.tableBackgroundLight
@@ -359,7 +365,7 @@ Rectangle {
         anchors.left: table.left
         anchors.top: table.top
         anchors.topMargin: 1
-        anchors.leftMargin: nameCardWidth/2 + 24
+        anchors.leftMargin: nameCardWidth/2 + displayNameHeaderMetrics.width/2 + 6
         RalewayRegular {
             id: helpText
             text: "[?]"
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
index 23d1e9693a..c35572a415 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ static const QString JSON_AVATAR_HEAD_MODEL = QStringLiteral("headModel");
 static const QString JSON_AVATAR_BODY_MODEL = QStringLiteral("bodyModel");
 static const QString JSON_AVATAR_DISPLAY_NAME = QStringLiteral("displayName");
 // It isn't meaningful to persist sessionDisplayName.
-static const QString JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHEMENTS = QStringLiteral("attachments");
+static const QString JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHMENTS = QStringLiteral("attachments");
 static const QString JSON_AVATAR_ENTITIES = QStringLiteral("attachedEntities");
 static const QString JSON_AVATAR_SCALE = QStringLiteral("scale");
 static const QString JSON_AVATAR_VERSION = QStringLiteral("version");
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ QJsonObject AvatarData::toJson() const {
         for (auto attachment : getAttachmentData()) {
             attachmentsJson.push_back(attachment.toJson());
         }
-        root[JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHEMENTS] = attachmentsJson;
+        root[JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHMENTS] = attachmentsJson;
     }
 
     _avatarEntitiesLock.withReadLock([&] {
@@ -1898,8 +1898,8 @@ void AvatarData::fromJson(const QJsonObject& json) {
         setTargetScale((float)json[JSON_AVATAR_SCALE].toDouble());
     }
 
-    if (json.contains(JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHEMENTS) && json[JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHEMENTS].isArray()) {
-        QJsonArray attachmentsJson = json[JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHEMENTS].toArray();
+    if (json.contains(JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHMENTS) && json[JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHMENTS].isArray()) {
+        QJsonArray attachmentsJson = json[JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHMENTS].toArray();
         QVector<AttachmentData> attachments;
         for (auto attachmentJson : attachmentsJson) {
             AttachmentData attachment;
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ void AvatarData::fromJson(const QJsonObject& json) {
     }
 
     // if (json.contains(JSON_AVATAR_ENTITIES) && json[JSON_AVATAR_ENTITIES].isArray()) {
-    //     QJsonArray attachmentsJson = json[JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHEMENTS].toArray();
+    //     QJsonArray attachmentsJson = json[JSON_AVATAR_ATTACHMENTS].toArray();
     //     for (auto attachmentJson : attachmentsJson) {
     //         // TODO -- something
     //     }