diff --git a/eve/src/main.cpp b/eve/src/main.cpp
index b8025d5dd8..cb774d70a7 100644
--- a/eve/src/main.cpp
+++ b/eve/src/main.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 const int EVE_AGENT_LISTEN_PORT = 55441;
 
-const float RANDOM_POSITION_MAX_DIMENSION = 5.0f;
+const float RANDOM_POSITION_MAX_DIMENSION = 10.0f;
 
 const float DATA_SEND_INTERVAL_MSECS = 15;
 const float MIN_AUDIO_SEND_INTERVAL_SECS = 10;
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
index 3136b3e30a..e1af4da4a2 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
@@ -128,11 +128,14 @@ int AvatarData::getBroadcastData(unsigned char* destinationBuffer) {
 // called on the other agents - assigns it to my views of the others
 int AvatarData::parseData(unsigned char* sourceBuffer, int numBytes) {
 
-    // increment to push past the packet header and agent ID
-    sourceBuffer += sizeof(PACKET_HEADER_HEAD_DATA) + sizeof(uint16_t);
+    // increment to push past the packet header
+    sourceBuffer += sizeof(PACKET_HEADER_HEAD_DATA);
     
     unsigned char* startPosition = sourceBuffer;
     
+    // push past the agent ID
+    sourceBuffer += + sizeof(uint16_t);
+    
     // Body world position
     memcpy(&_position, sourceBuffer, sizeof(float) * 3);
     sourceBuffer += sizeof(float) * 3;