diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
index 8d03ca0fcb..2704717e5c 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityEditPacketSender.cpp
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ void EntityEditPacketSender::queueEditEntityMessage(PacketType type, EntityItemI
     int sizeOut = 0;
 
     if (EntityItemProperties::encodeEntityEditPacket(type, modelID, properties, &bufferOut[0], _maxPacketSize, sizeOut)) {
-        #ifdef WANT_DEBUG
+        //#ifdef WANT_DEBUG
             qCDebug(entities) << "calling queueOctreeEditMessage()...";
             qCDebug(entities) << "    id:" << modelID;
             qCDebug(entities) << "    properties:" << properties;
-        #endif
+        //#endif
         queueOctreeEditMessage(type, bufferOut, sizeOut);
     }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
index 0abc01fbd9..c06bcf1448 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -399,10 +399,13 @@ bool EntityScriptingInterface::setVoxelSphere(QUuid entityID, const glm::vec3& c
         return false;
     }
 
+    auto now = usecTimestampNow();
+
     PolyVoxEntityItem* polyVoxEntity = static_cast<PolyVoxEntityItem*>(entity);
     _entityTree->lockForWrite();
     polyVoxEntity->setSphere(center, radius, value);
-    // entity->setLastEdited(usecTimestampNow());
+    entity->setLastEdited(now);
+    entity->setLastBroadcast(now);
     _entityTree->unlock();
 
     _entityTree->lockForRead();
@@ -410,10 +413,7 @@ bool EntityScriptingInterface::setVoxelSphere(QUuid entityID, const glm::vec3& c
     _entityTree->unlock();
 
     properties.setVoxelDataDirty();
-
-    entity->setLastBroadcast(usecTimestampNow());
-    // modifiedProperties.setType(entity->getType());
-    // bidForSimulationOwnership(modifiedProperties);
+    properties.setLastEdited(now);
 
     queueEntityMessage(PacketTypeEntityEdit, entityID, properties);
     return true;