diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
index e40adb5059..4311a3ee69 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
@@ -735,7 +735,6 @@ void DomainServer::setupNodeListAndAssignments() {
     _assetClientThread.setObjectName("AssetClient Thread");
     auto assetClient = DependencyManager::set<AssetClient>();
     assetClient->moveToThread(&_assetClientThread);
-    QObject::connect(&_assetClientThread, &QThread::started, assetClient.data(), &AssetClient::init);
     _assetClientThread.start();
 
     // add whatever static assignments that have been parsed to the queue
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.cpp
index 41d988eca4..0a5c2c46c6 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ AssetClient::AssetClient() {
             this, &AssetClient::handleNodeClientConnectionReset);
 }
 
-void AssetClient::init() {
+void AssetClient::initCaching() {
     Q_ASSERT(QThread::currentThread() == thread());
 
     // Setup disk cache if not already
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.h b/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.h
index 3ec96c3dd4..1860a1744a 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/AssetClient.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE AssetUpload* createUpload(const QByteArray& data);
 
 public slots:
-    void init();
+    void initCaching();
 
     void cacheInfoRequest(QObject* reciever, QString slot);
     MiniPromise::Promise cacheInfoRequestAsync(MiniPromise::Promise deferred = nullptr);
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/AssetUtils.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/AssetUtils.cpp
index 117274eab8..d302c6fac6 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/AssetUtils.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/AssetUtils.cpp
@@ -72,9 +72,8 @@ QByteArray loadFromCache(const QUrl& url) {
             qCDebug(asset_client) << url.toDisplayString() << "not in disk cache";
         }
 
-    } else {
-        qCWarning(asset_client) << "No disk cache to load assets from.";
     }
+
     return QByteArray();
 }
 
@@ -96,9 +95,8 @@ bool saveToCache(const QUrl& url, const QByteArray& file) {
             }
             qCWarning(asset_client) << "Could not save" << url.toDisplayString() << "to disk cache.";
         }
-    } else {
-        qCWarning(asset_client) << "No disk cache to save assets to.";
     }
+    
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp
index 3149bbc768..decb796fa4 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ bool BaseAssetScriptingInterface::initializeCache() {
     }
 
     // attempt to initialize the cache
-    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(assetClient().data(), "init");
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(assetClient().data(), "initCaching");
 
     Promise deferred = makePromise("BaseAssetScriptingInterface--queryCacheStatus");
     deferred->then([this](QVariantMap result) {
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp
index 17dcd9728d..317cabdc61 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/ResourceManager.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ResourceManager::ResourceManager() {
 
     auto assetClient = DependencyManager::set<AssetClient>();
     assetClient->moveToThread(&_thread);
-    QObject::connect(&_thread, &QThread::started, assetClient.data(), &AssetClient::init);
+    QObject::connect(&_thread, &QThread::started, assetClient.data(), &AssetClient::initCaching);
 
     _thread.start();
 }
diff --git a/tools/atp-client/src/ATPClientApp.cpp b/tools/atp-client/src/ATPClientApp.cpp
index 1623cf01cd..dbc2ad53f6 100644
--- a/tools/atp-client/src/ATPClientApp.cpp
+++ b/tools/atp-client/src/ATPClientApp.cpp
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ ATPClientApp::ATPClientApp(int argc, char* argv[]) :
     }
 
     auto assetClient = DependencyManager::set<AssetClient>();
-    assetClient->init();
+    assetClient->initCaching();
 
     if (_verbose) {
         qDebug() << "domain-server address is" << _domainServerAddress;