diff --git a/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h b/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h
index 79fde44866..4a6ca91039 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h
+++ b/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ public slots:
     /// \param scale the scale of the voxel (in VS space)
     void queueVoxelDelete(float x, float y, float z, float scale);
 
+    /// set the max packets per second send rate
+    void setPacketsPerSecond(int packetsPerSecond) { return _voxelPacketSender.setPacketsPerSecond(packetsPerSecond); }
+
+    /// get the max packets per second send rate
+    int getPacketsPerSecond() const  { return _voxelPacketSender.getPacketsPerSecond(); }
+
     /// does a voxel server exist to send to
     bool voxelServersExist() const { return _voxelPacketSender.voxelServersExist(); }
 
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.h b/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.h
index 6ca6e19be2..1731f70cbf 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.h
@@ -44,12 +44,8 @@ public:
     /// \thread any thread, typically the application thread
     void queuePacketForSending(sockaddr& address, unsigned char*  packetData, ssize_t packetLength);
     
-    void setPacketsPerSecond(int packetsPerSecond) { 
-        _packetsPerSecond = std::max(MINIMUM_PACKETS_PER_SECOND, packetsPerSecond); 
-        if (!isThreaded()) {
-            printf("setPacketsPerSecond()... this=%p _packetsPerSecond=%d\n", this, _packetsPerSecond);
-        }
-    }
+    void setPacketsPerSecond(int packetsPerSecond) 
+        { _packetsPerSecond = std::max(MINIMUM_PACKETS_PER_SECOND, packetsPerSecond); }
     int getPacketsPerSecond() const { return _packetsPerSecond; }
 
     void setPacketSenderNotify(PacketSenderNotify* notify) { _notify = notify; }