diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
index d6e82a3889..8412295bae 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <glm/gtx/vector_angle.hpp>
 
 #include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
+#include <QtCore/QJsonObject>
 #include <QtCore/QTimer>
 
 #include <Logging.h>
@@ -349,11 +350,30 @@ void AudioMixer::readPendingDatagrams() {
     }
 }
 
+void AudioMixer::sendStatsPacket() {
+    static QJsonObject statsObject;
+    statsObject["trailing_sleep"] = _trailingSleepRatio;
+    statsObject["min_audability_threshold"] = _minAudibilityThreshold;
+    
+    QByteArray statsPacket = byteArrayWithPopulatedHeader(PacketTypeNodeJsonStats);
+    QDataStream statsPacketStream(&statsPacket, QIODevice::Append);
+    
+    statsPacketStream << statsObject.toVariantMap();
+    
+    NodeList* nodeList = NodeList::getInstance();
+    nodeList->sendDatagramToDomainServer(statsPacket);
+}
+
 void AudioMixer::run() {
 
     commonInit(AUDIO_MIXER_LOGGING_TARGET_NAME, NodeType::AudioMixer);
 
     NodeList* nodeList = NodeList::getInstance();
+    
+    // send a stats packet every 1 second
+    QTimer* statsTimer = new QTimer(this);
+    connect(statsTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(sendStatsPacket()));
+    statsTimer->start(1000);
 
     nodeList->addNodeTypeToInterestSet(NodeType::Agent);
 
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.h b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.h
index 9d731a5c9c..0f88701303 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.h
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ public slots:
     void run();
     
     void readPendingDatagrams();
+    
+    void sendStatsPacket();
 private:
     /// adds one buffer to the mix for a listening node
     void addBufferToMixForListeningNodeWithBuffer(PositionalAudioRingBuffer* bufferToAdd,
diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.cpp
index 4f943c85db..f1e08e3bc4 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServerNodeData.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ void DomainServerNodeData::parseJSONStatsPacket(const QByteArray& statsPacket) {
     _statsJSONObject = mergeJSONStatsFromNewObject(unpackedStatsJSON, _statsJSONObject);
 }
 
-
 QJsonObject DomainServerNodeData::mergeJSONStatsFromNewObject(const QJsonObject& newObject, QJsonObject destinationObject) {
     foreach(const QString& key, newObject.keys()) {
         if (newObject[key].isObject() && destinationObject.contains(key)) {
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp
index 2b131ab7ff..7bbe1ce29b 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ qint64 NodeList::writeDatagram(const char* data, qint64 size, const SharedNodePo
     return writeDatagram(QByteArray(data, size), destinationNode, overridenSockAddr);
 }
 
+qint64 NodeList::sendDatagramToDomainServer(const QByteArray &datagram) {
+    return writeDatagram(datagram, _domainInfo.getSockAddr(), _domainInfo.getConnectionSecret());
+}
+
 void NodeList::timePingReply(const QByteArray& packet, const SharedNodePointer& sendingNode) {
     QDataStream packetStream(packet);
     packetStream.skipRawData(numBytesForPacketHeader(packet));
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.h b/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.h
index d6328a1303..d479e72ee7 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public:
                          const HifiSockAddr& overridenSockAddr = HifiSockAddr());
     qint64 writeDatagram(const char* data, qint64 size, const SharedNodePointer& destinationNode,
                          const HifiSockAddr& overridenSockAddr = HifiSockAddr());
+    qint64 sendDatagramToDomainServer(const QByteArray& datagram);
 
     void(*linkedDataCreateCallback)(Node *);