diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 5c50f76767..dedbbced30 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -1568,9 +1568,9 @@ void Application::init() {
     qDebug("Loaded settings");
 
     // initialize our face trackers after loading the menu settings
-    _faceplus.init();
     _faceshift.init();
-    _visage.init();
+    _faceplus.init();
+	_visage.init();
 
     // fire off an immediate domain-server check in now that settings are loaded
     NodeList::getInstance()->sendDomainServerCheckIn();
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
index f42220c0f4..c3cff15c70 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/Head.cpp
@@ -60,17 +60,11 @@ void Head::reset() {
 
 void Head::simulate(float deltaTime, bool isMine, bool billboard) {
     //  Update audio trailing average for rendering facial animations
-    Faceshift* faceshift = Application::getInstance()->getFaceshift();
-    Visage* visage = Application::getInstance()->getVisage();
     if (isMine) {
-        _isFaceshiftConnected = false;
-        if (faceshift->isActive()) {
-            _blendshapeCoefficients = faceshift->getBlendshapeCoefficients();
-            _isFaceshiftConnected = true;
-            
-        } else if (visage->isActive()) {
-            _blendshapeCoefficients = visage->getBlendshapeCoefficients();
-            _isFaceshiftConnected = true;
+		FaceTracker* faceTracker = Application::getInstance()->getActiveFaceTracker();
+        if ((_isFaceshiftConnected = faceTracker)) {
+            _blendshapeCoefficients = faceTracker->getBlendshapeCoefficients();
+            _isFaceshiftConnected = true;   
         }
     }
     
@@ -152,8 +146,9 @@ void Head::simulate(float deltaTime, bool isMine, bool billboard) {
         const float BROW_LIFT_SCALE = 500.0f;
         const float JAW_OPEN_SCALE = 0.01f;
         const float JAW_OPEN_DEAD_ZONE = 0.75f;
-        faceshift->updateFakeCoefficients(_leftEyeBlink, _rightEyeBlink, min(1.0f, _browAudioLift * BROW_LIFT_SCALE),
-            glm::clamp(sqrt(_averageLoudness * JAW_OPEN_SCALE) - JAW_OPEN_DEAD_ZONE, 0.0f, 1.0f), _blendshapeCoefficients);
+        Application::getInstance()->getFaceshift()->updateFakeCoefficients(_leftEyeBlink, _rightEyeBlink,
+			min(1.0f, _browAudioLift * BROW_LIFT_SCALE), glm::clamp(sqrt(_averageLoudness * JAW_OPEN_SCALE) -
+				JAW_OPEN_DEAD_ZONE, 0.0f, 1.0f), _blendshapeCoefficients);
     }
     
     if (!isMine) {
diff --git a/interface/src/devices/Faceplus.cpp b/interface/src/devices/Faceplus.cpp
index ccbc494fe3..9a3067e48f 100644
--- a/interface/src/devices/Faceplus.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/devices/Faceplus.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ static QMultiHash<QByteArray, QPair<int, float> > createChannelNameMap() {
     blendshapeMap.insert("...", QPair<QByteArray, float>("Mix::BrowsIn_Right", 1.0f));
     blendshapeMap.insert("...", QPair<QByteArray, float>("Mix::BrowsOuterLower_Left", 1.0f));
     blendshapeMap.insert("...", QPair<QByteArray, float>("Mix::BrowsOuterLower_Right", 1.0f));
-    blendshapeMap.insert("BrowsU_L", QPair<QByteArray, float>("Mix::BrowsUp_Left", 1.0f));
-    blendshapeMap.insert("BrowsU_R", QPair<QByteArray, float>("Mix::BrowsUp_Right", 1.0f));
+    blendshapeMap.insert("BrowsU_L", QPair<QByteArray, float>("Mix::BrowsUp_Left", 5.0f));
+    blendshapeMap.insert("BrowsU_R", QPair<QByteArray, float>("Mix::BrowsUp_Right", 5.0f));
     blendshapeMap.insert("EyeOpen_L", QPair<QByteArray, float>("Mix::EyesWide_Left", 1.0f));
     blendshapeMap.insert("EyeOpen_R", QPair<QByteArray, float>("Mix::EyesWide_Right", 1.0f));
     blendshapeMap.insert("MouthFrown_L", QPair<QByteArray, float>("Mix::Frown_Left", 1.0f));
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ void Faceplus::update() {
     if (!_active) {
         return;
     }
-    if (!(_active = faceplus_current_output_vector(_outputVector.data()))) {
+    if (!(_active = faceplus_synchronous_track() && faceplus_current_output_vector(_outputVector.data()))) {
         return;
     }
-    _headRotation = glm::quat(glm::radians(_outputVector.at(_headRotationIndices[0]),
-        _outputVector.at(_headRotationIndices[1]), _outputVector.at(_headRotationIndices[2])));
-    _estimatedEyePitch = (_outputVector.at(_leftEyeRotationIndices[0]) + _outputVector.at(_rightEyeRotationIndices[0])) * 0.5f;
+    _headRotation = glm::quat(glm::radians(glm::vec3(-_outputVector.at(_headRotationIndices[0]),
+        _outputVector.at(_headRotationIndices[1]), -_outputVector.at(_headRotationIndices[2]))));
+    _estimatedEyePitch = (_outputVector.at(_leftEyeRotationIndices[0]) + _outputVector.at(_rightEyeRotationIndices[0])) * -0.5f;
     _estimatedEyeYaw = (_outputVector.at(_leftEyeRotationIndices[1]) + _outputVector.at(_rightEyeRotationIndices[1])) * 0.5f;
     
     qFill(_blendshapeCoefficients.begin(), _blendshapeCoefficients.end(), 0.0f);