diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/Stats.qml b/interface/resources/qml/Stats.qml
index 72f92f4d2d..e50f43674e 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/Stats.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/Stats.qml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Item {
                         color: root.fontColor
                         font.pixelSize: root.fontSize
                         visible: root.expanded;
-                        text: "Voxel max ping: " + 0
+                        text: "Messages max ping: " + root.messagePing
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/Stats.cpp b/interface/src/ui/Stats.cpp
index daf6d39cc3..c711560b53 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/Stats.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/Stats.cpp
@@ -136,10 +136,12 @@ void Stats::updateStats(bool force) {
     SharedNodePointer audioMixerNode = nodeList->soloNodeOfType(NodeType::AudioMixer);
     SharedNodePointer avatarMixerNode = nodeList->soloNodeOfType(NodeType::AvatarMixer);
     SharedNodePointer assetServerNode = nodeList->soloNodeOfType(NodeType::AssetServer);
+    SharedNodePointer messageMixerNode = nodeList->soloNodeOfType(NodeType::MessagesMixer);
     STAT_UPDATE(audioPing, audioMixerNode ? audioMixerNode->getPingMs() : -1);
     STAT_UPDATE(avatarPing, avatarMixerNode ? avatarMixerNode->getPingMs() : -1);
     STAT_UPDATE(assetPing, assetServerNode ? assetServerNode->getPingMs() : -1);
-    
+    STAT_UPDATE(messagePing, messageMixerNode ? messageMixerNode->getPingMs() : -1);
+
     //// Now handle entity servers, since there could be more than one, we average their ping times
     int totalPingOctree = 0;
     int octreeServerCount = 0;
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/Stats.h b/interface/src/ui/Stats.h
index 3476087852..ebcb80c404 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/Stats.h
+++ b/interface/src/ui/Stats.h
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ class Stats : public QQuickItem {
     STATS_PROPERTY(int, avatarPing, 0)
     STATS_PROPERTY(int, entitiesPing, 0)
     STATS_PROPERTY(int, assetPing, 0)
-    STATS_PROPERTY(QVector3D, position, QVector3D(0, 0, 0) )
+    STATS_PROPERTY(int, messagePing, 0)
+    STATS_PROPERTY(QVector3D, position, QVector3D(0, 0, 0))
     STATS_PROPERTY(float, speed, 0)
     STATS_PROPERTY(float, yaw, 0)
     STATS_PROPERTY(int, avatarMixerInKbps, 0)
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ signals:
     void avatarPingChanged();
     void entitiesPingChanged();
     void assetPingChanged();
+    void messagePingChanged();
     void positionChanged();
     void speedChanged();
     void yawChanged();
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.h
index b1d8a31254..8190f7225b 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityTree.h
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ public:
     // use this method if you have a pointer to the entity (avoid an extra entity lookup)
     bool updateEntity(EntityItemPointer entity, const EntityItemProperties& properties, const SharedNodePointer& senderNode = SharedNodePointer(nullptr));
 
-    void deleteEntity(const EntityItemID& entityID, bool force = false, bool ignoreWarnings = false);
-    void deleteEntities(QSet<EntityItemID> entityIDs, bool force = false, bool ignoreWarnings = false);
+    void deleteEntity(const EntityItemID& entityID, bool force = false, bool ignoreWarnings = true);
+    void deleteEntities(QSet<EntityItemID> entityIDs, bool force = false, bool ignoreWarnings = true);
 
     /// \param position point of query in world-frame (meters)
     /// \param targetRadius radius of query (meters)