diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
index fa15168971..8ed3f84609 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ bool RenderableModelEntityItem::setLocalJointRotation(int index, const glm::quat
                 jointData.rotationDirty = true;
                 result = true;
                 _needsJointSimulation = true;
+                somethingChangedNotification();
             }
         }
     });
@@ -922,6 +923,7 @@ bool RenderableModelEntityItem::setLocalJointTranslation(int index, const glm::v
                 jointData.translationDirty = true;
                 result = true;
                 _needsJointSimulation = true;
+                somethingChangedNotification();
             }
         }
     });