diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
index 5bd6836336..e121332374 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class EntityItemProperties {
     friend class ParticleEffectEntityItem; // TODO: consider removing this friend relationship and use public methods
     friend class ZoneEntityItem; // TODO: consider removing this friend relationship and use public methods
     friend class WebEntityItem; // TODO: consider removing this friend relationship and use public methods
+    friend class ImageEntityItem;
     friend class LineEntityItem; // TODO: consider removing this friend relationship and use public methods
     friend class PolyVoxEntityItem; // TODO: consider removing this friend relationship and use public methods
     friend class PolyLineEntityItem; // TODO: consider removing this friend relationship and use public methods
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.cpp
index 2e4a0e89a9..47ec408374 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTypes.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ EntityItemPointer EntityTypes::constructEntityItem(EntityType entityType, const
     EntityItemPointer newEntityItem = NULL;
     EntityTypeFactory factory = NULL;
     if (entityType >= 0 && entityType <= LAST) {
-        qCDebug(entities) << "check 4 type: " << entityType;
+        qCDebug(entities) << "check 4 type: " << entityType << ", name: " << properties.getName();
         factory = _factories[entityType];
     }
     if (factory) {
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/ImageEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/ImageEntityItem.cpp
index a94374f7b5..2e6432ba19 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/ImageEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/ImageEntityItem.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "ShapeEntityItem.h"
 #include "ImageEntityItem.h"
 
-const QString ImageEntityItem::DEFAULT_IMAGE_URL = QString("");
+const QString ImageEntityItem::DEFAULT_IMAGE_URL("");
 
 EntityItemPointer ImageEntityItem::factory(const EntityItemID& entityID, const EntityItemProperties& properties) {
     EntityItemPointer entity(new ImageEntityItem(entityID), [](EntityItem* ptr) { ptr->deleteLater(); });