diff --git a/examples/utilities/tools/renderEngineDebug.js b/examples/utilities/tools/renderEngineDebug.js
index 3271741985..cca97b7184 100755
--- a/examples/utilities/tools/renderEngineDebug.js
+++ b/examples/utilities/tools/renderEngineDebug.js
@@ -62,10 +62,24 @@ var overlaysCounter = new CounterWidget(panel, "Overlays",
 );
 
 
-panel.newCheckbox("Display status",  
-    function(value) { Scene.setEngineDisplayItemStatus(value); },
-    function() { return Scene.doEngineDisplayItemStatus(); },
-    function(value) { return (value); }
+// see libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h
+var showDisplayStatusFlag = 1;
+var showNetworkStatusFlag = 2;
+
+panel.newCheckbox("Display status",
+    function(value) { Scene.setEngineDisplayItemStatus(value ?
+                                                       Scene.doEngineDisplayItemStatus() | showDisplayStatusFlag :
+                                                       Scene.doEngineDisplayItemStatus() & ~showDisplayStatusFlag); },
+    function() { return (Scene.doEngineDisplayItemStatus() & showDisplayStatusFlag) > 0; },
+    function(value) { return (value & showDisplayStatusFlag) > 0; }
+);
+
+panel.newCheckbox("Network/Physics status",
+    function(value) { Scene.setEngineDisplayItemStatus(value ?
+                                                       Scene.doEngineDisplayItemStatus() | showNetworkStatusFlag :
+                                                       Scene.doEngineDisplayItemStatus() & ~showNetworkStatusFlag); },
+    function() { return (Scene.doEngineDisplayItemStatus() & showNetworkStatusFlag) > 0; },
+    function(value) { return (value & showNetworkStatusFlag) > 0; }
 );
 
 var tickTackPeriod = 500;
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 718d06c6e5..5a3d66be55 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -3493,10 +3493,6 @@ void Application::displaySide(RenderArgs* renderArgs, Camera& theCamera, bool se
             if (Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::PhysicsShowHulls)) {
                 renderDebugFlags = (RenderArgs::DebugFlags) (renderDebugFlags | (int)RenderArgs::RENDER_DEBUG_HULLS);
             }
-            if (Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::PhysicsShowOwned)) {
-                renderDebugFlags =
-                    (RenderArgs::DebugFlags) (renderDebugFlags | (int)RenderArgs::RENDER_DEBUG_SIMULATION_OWNERSHIP);
-            }
             renderArgs->_debugFlags = renderDebugFlags;
             //ViveControllerManager::getInstance().updateRendering(renderArgs, _main3DScene, pendingChanges);
         }
@@ -3556,6 +3552,9 @@ void Application::displaySide(RenderArgs* renderArgs, Camera& theCamera, bool se
         renderContext._maxDrawnOverlay3DItems = sceneInterface->getEngineMaxDrawnOverlay3DItems();
 
         renderContext._drawItemStatus = sceneInterface->doEngineDisplayItemStatus();
+        if (Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::PhysicsShowOwned)) {
+            renderContext._drawItemStatus |= render::showNetworkStatusFlag;
+        }
         renderContext._drawHitEffect = sceneInterface->doEngineDisplayHitEffect();
 
         renderContext._occlusionStatus = Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::DebugAmbientOcclusion);
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.h b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.h
index 04483fc037..6daa90b1ed 100755
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.h
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.h
@@ -97,7 +97,12 @@ public:
     int _drawStatusJobIndex = -1;
     int _drawHitEffectJobIndex = -1;
 
-    void setDrawItemStatus(bool draw) { if (_drawStatusJobIndex >= 0) { _jobs[_drawStatusJobIndex].setEnabled(draw); } }
+    void setDrawItemStatus(int draw) {
+        if (_drawStatusJobIndex >= 0) {
+            _jobs[_drawStatusJobIndex].setEnabled(draw > 0);
+        }
+    }
+
     bool doDrawItemStatus() const { if (_drawStatusJobIndex >= 0) { return _jobs[_drawStatusJobIndex].isEnabled(); } else { return false; } }
     
     void setDrawHitEffect(bool draw) { if (_drawHitEffectJobIndex >= 0) { _jobs[_drawHitEffectJobIndex].setEnabled(draw); } }
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/DrawStatus.cpp b/libraries/render/src/render/DrawStatus.cpp
index 57e21a1511..921098df06 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/DrawStatus.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/DrawStatus.cpp
@@ -144,20 +144,25 @@ void DrawStatus::run(const SceneContextPointer& sceneContext, const RenderContex
 
         const unsigned int VEC3_ADRESS_OFFSET = 3;
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < nbItems; i++) {
-            batch._glUniform3fv(_drawItemBoundPosLoc, 1, (const float*) (itemAABox + i));
-            batch._glUniform3fv(_drawItemBoundDimLoc, 1, ((const float*) (itemAABox + i)) + VEC3_ADRESS_OFFSET);
+        if ((renderContext->_drawItemStatus & showDisplayStatusFlag) > 0) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < nbItems; i++) {
+                batch._glUniform3fv(_drawItemBoundPosLoc, 1, (const float*) (itemAABox + i));
+                batch._glUniform3fv(_drawItemBoundDimLoc, 1, ((const float*) (itemAABox + i)) + VEC3_ADRESS_OFFSET);
 
-            batch.draw(gpu::LINES, 24, 0);
+                batch.draw(gpu::LINES, 24, 0);
+            }
         }
 
         batch.setPipeline(getDrawItemStatusPipeline());
-        for (int i = 0; i < nbItems; i++) {
-            batch._glUniform3fv(_drawItemStatusPosLoc, 1, (const float*) (itemAABox + i));
-            batch._glUniform3fv(_drawItemStatusDimLoc, 1, ((const float*) (itemAABox + i)) + VEC3_ADRESS_OFFSET);
-            batch._glUniform4iv(_drawItemStatusValueLoc, 1, (const int*) (itemStatus + i));
 
-            batch.draw(gpu::TRIANGLES, 24, 0);
+        if ((renderContext->_drawItemStatus & showNetworkStatusFlag) > 0) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < nbItems; i++) {
+                batch._glUniform3fv(_drawItemStatusPosLoc, 1, (const float*) (itemAABox + i));
+                batch._glUniform3fv(_drawItemStatusDimLoc, 1, ((const float*) (itemAABox + i)) + VEC3_ADRESS_OFFSET);
+                batch._glUniform4iv(_drawItemStatusValueLoc, 1, (const int*) (itemStatus + i));
+
+                batch.draw(gpu::TRIANGLES, 24, 0);
+            }
         }
     });
 }
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h b/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h
index 5da7956b22..7c11246cff 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ public:
 };
 typedef std::shared_ptr<SceneContext> SceneContextPointer;
 
+// see examples/utilities/tools/renderEngineDebug.js
+const int showDisplayStatusFlag = 1;
+const int showNetworkStatusFlag = 2;
+
 
 class RenderContext {
 public:
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ public:
     int _numDrawnOverlay3DItems = 0;
     int _maxDrawnOverlay3DItems = -1;
 
-    bool _drawItemStatus = false;
+    int _drawItemStatus = 0;
     bool _drawHitEffect = false;
 
     bool _occlusionStatus = false;
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/SceneScriptingInterface.h b/libraries/script-engine/src/SceneScriptingInterface.h
index 95919d6c0c..6be0ce44a8 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/SceneScriptingInterface.h
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/SceneScriptingInterface.h
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE void setEngineMaxDrawnOverlay3DItems(int count) { _maxDrawnOverlay3DItems = count; }
     Q_INVOKABLE int getEngineMaxDrawnOverlay3DItems() { return _maxDrawnOverlay3DItems; }
 
-    Q_INVOKABLE void setEngineDisplayItemStatus(bool display) { _drawItemStatus = display; }
-    Q_INVOKABLE bool doEngineDisplayItemStatus() { return _drawItemStatus; }
+    Q_INVOKABLE void setEngineDisplayItemStatus(int display) { _drawItemStatus = display; }
+    Q_INVOKABLE int doEngineDisplayItemStatus() { return _drawItemStatus; }
     
     Q_INVOKABLE void setEngineDisplayHitEffect(bool display) { _drawHitEffect = display; }
     Q_INVOKABLE bool doEngineDisplayHitEffect() { return _drawHitEffect; }
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ protected:
     int _maxDrawnTransparentItems = -1;
     int _maxDrawnOverlay3DItems = -1;
 
-    bool _drawItemStatus = false;
+    int _drawItemStatus = 0;
     
     bool _drawHitEffect = false;