diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
index 71094cc6e1..399eaf3fab 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
@@ -253,11 +253,25 @@ void AnimInverseKinematics::solve(const AnimContext& context, const std::vector<
         if (numLoops == MAX_IK_LOOPS) {
             for (size_t i = 0; i < _prevJointChainInfoVec.size(); i++) {
                 if (_prevJointChainInfoVec[i].timer > 0.0f) {
+
                     float alpha = (JOINT_CHAIN_INTERP_TIME - _prevJointChainInfoVec[i].timer) / JOINT_CHAIN_INTERP_TIME;
+
+                    // ease in expo
+                    alpha = 1.0f - powf(2.0f, -10.0f * alpha);
+
                     size_t chainSize = std::min(_prevJointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec.size(), jointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec.size());
-                    for (size_t j = 0; j < chainSize; j++) {
-                        jointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].rot = safeMix(_prevJointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].rot, jointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].rot, alpha);
-                        jointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].trans = lerp(_prevJointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].trans, jointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].trans, alpha);
+
+                    if (jointChainInfoVec[i].target.getType() != IKTarget::Type::Unknown) {
+                        // if we are interping into an enabled target type, i.e. not off, lerp the rot and the trans.
+                        for (size_t j = 0; j < chainSize; j++) {
+                            jointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].rot = safeMix(_prevJointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].rot, jointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].rot, alpha);
+                            jointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].trans = lerp(_prevJointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].trans, jointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec[j].trans, alpha);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        // if we are interping into a disabled target type, keep the rot & trans the same, but lerp the weight down to zero.
+                        jointChainInfoVec[i].target.setType((int)_prevJointChainInfoVec[i].target.getType());
+                        jointChainInfoVec[i].target.setWeight(_prevJointChainInfoVec[i].target.getWeight() * (1.0f - alpha));
+                        jointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec = _prevJointChainInfoVec[i].jointInfoVec;
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimTwoBoneIK.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimTwoBoneIK.cpp
index d68240d176..8960b15940 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimTwoBoneIK.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimTwoBoneIK.cpp
@@ -201,14 +201,17 @@ const AnimPoseVec& AnimTwoBoneIK::evaluate(const AnimVariantMap& animVars, const
     if (_interpType != InterpType::None) {
         _interpAlpha += _interpAlphaVel * dt;
 
+        // ease in expo
+        float easeInAlpha = 1.0f - powf(2.0f, -10.0f * _interpAlpha);
+
         if (_interpAlpha < 1.0f) {
             AnimChain interpChain;
             if (_interpType == InterpType::SnapshotToUnderPoses) {
                 interpChain = underChain;
-                interpChain.blend(_snapshotChain, _interpAlpha);
+                interpChain.blend(_snapshotChain, easeInAlpha);
             } else if (_interpType == InterpType::SnapshotToSolve) {
                 interpChain = ikChain;
-                interpChain.blend(_snapshotChain, _interpAlpha);
+                interpChain.blend(_snapshotChain, easeInAlpha);
             }
             // copy interpChain into _poses
             interpChain.outputRelativePoses(_poses);