diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
index 17d222e9e3..4d5e507923 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ void AvatarMixerSlave::broadcastAvatarDataToDownstreamMixer(const SharedNodePoin
             auto lastBroadcastTime = nodeData->getLastBroadcastTime(agentNode->getUUID());
             if (lastBroadcastTime <= agentNodeData->getIdentityChangeTimestamp()
                 || (start - lastBroadcastTime) >= REBROADCAST_IDENTITY_TO_DOWNSTREAM_EVERY_US) {
-                qDebug() << "Sending identity packet for " << agentNode->getUUID() << " to " << node->getUUID();
                 sendReplicatedIdentityPacket(agentNodeData, node);
                 nodeData->setLastBroadcastTime(agentNode->getUUID(), start);
             }
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
index cfbf2a8806..023bb39201 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ AvatarSharedPointer AvatarHashMap::parseAvatarData(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessag
 void AvatarHashMap::processAvatarIdentityPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> message, SharedNodePointer sendingNode) {
 
     // peek the avatar UUID from the incoming packet
-    QUuid identityUUID = message->peek(NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID);
+    QUuid identityUUID = QUuid::fromRfc4122(message->peek(NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID));
 
     // make sure this isn't for an ignored avatar
     auto nodeList = DependencyManager::get<NodeList>();