diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
index 7907d8679f..be75ad61ee 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
@@ -2267,7 +2267,7 @@ void DomainServer::updateDownstreamNodes() {
                         // manually add the downstream node to our node list
                         auto node = nodeList->addOrUpdateNode(QUuid::createUuid(), downstreamNodeType,
                                                               downstreamServerAddr, downstreamServerAddr);
-                        node->setIsForcedAlive(true);
+                        node->setIsForcedNeverSilent(true);
 
                         qDebug() << "Adding downstream node:" << node->getUUID() << downstreamServerAddr;
 
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
index 994b5305e6..14a9d0b257 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ void LimitedNodeList::removeSilentNodes() {
         SharedNodePointer node = it->second;
         node->getMutex().lock();
 
-        if (!node->isForcedAlive()
+        if (!node->isForcedNeverSilent()
             && (usecTimestampNow() - node->getLastHeardMicrostamp()) > (NODE_SILENCE_THRESHOLD_MSECS * USECS_PER_MSEC)) {
             // call the NodeHash erase to get rid of this node
             it = _nodeHash.unsafe_erase(it);
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/NetworkPeer.h b/libraries/networking/src/NetworkPeer.h
index ad7076285f..48dd82ecb7 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/NetworkPeer.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/NetworkPeer.h
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ public:
     float getOutboundBandwidth() const; // in kbps
     float getInboundBandwidth() const; // in kbps
 
-    bool isForcedAlive() const { return _isForcedAlive; }
-    void setIsForcedAlive(bool isForcedAlive) { _isForcedAlive = isForcedAlive; }
+    bool isForcedNeverSilent() const { return _isForcedNeverSilent; }
+    void setIsForcedNeverSilent(bool isForcedNeverSilent) { _isForcedNeverSilent = isForcedNeverSilent; }
 
     friend QDataStream& operator<<(QDataStream& out, const NetworkPeer& peer);
     friend QDataStream& operator>>(QDataStream& in, NetworkPeer& peer);
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ protected:
 
     int _connectionAttempts;
 
-    bool _isForcedAlive { false };
+    bool _isForcedNeverSilent { false };
 };
 
 QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const NetworkPeer &peer);