diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index c966ed4bf2..a50663b316 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -3077,6 +3077,7 @@ void Application::resetSensors() {
         _serialHeadSensor.resetAverages();
     }
     _webcam.reset();
+    _faceshift.reset();
     QCursor::setPos(_headMouseX, _headMouseY);
     _myAvatar.reset();
     _myTransmitter.resetLevels();
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
index 19ef6a8505..e7bb19bee6 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
@@ -170,8 +170,10 @@ void Head::simulate(float deltaTime, bool isMine, float gyroCameraSensitivity) {
         
         // set these values based on how they'll be used.  if we use faceshift in the long term, we'll want a complete
         // mapping between their blendshape coefficients and our avatar features
-        _averageLoudness = faceshift->getMouthSize();
-        _browAudioLift = faceshift->getBrowHeight();
+        const float MOUTH_SIZE_SCALE = 2500.0f;
+        _averageLoudness = faceshift->getMouthSize() * faceshift->getMouthSize() * MOUTH_SIZE_SCALE;
+        const float BROW_HEIGHT_SCALE = 0.005f;
+        _browAudioLift = faceshift->getBrowHeight() * BROW_HEIGHT_SCALE;
         
     } else {
         const float AUDIO_AVERAGING_SECS = 0.05;
diff --git a/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.cpp b/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.cpp
index fd24696b14..259120e697 100644
--- a/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ Faceshift::Faceshift() : _enabled(false), _eyeGazeLeftPitch(0.0f), _eyeGazeLeftY
     connect(&_socket, SIGNAL(readyRead()), SLOT(readFromSocket()));
 }
 
+void Faceshift::reset() {
+    if (isActive()) {
+        string message;
+        fsBinaryStream::encode_message(message, fsMsgCalibrateNeutral());
+        send(message);
+    }
+}
+
 void Faceshift::setEnabled(bool enabled) {
     if ((_enabled = enabled)) {
         connectSocket();
diff --git a/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.h b/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.h
index 1b6914b8cf..286a7a56a1 100644
--- a/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.h
+++ b/interface/src/devices/Faceshift.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public:
     
     float getMouthSize() const { return _mouthSize; }
 
+    void reset();
+
 public slots:
     
     void setEnabled(bool enabled);