diff --git a/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp b/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
index fcc2288356..e6c14d06da 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/Agent.cpp
@@ -213,8 +213,6 @@ void Agent::run() {
     
     loop.exec();
     
-    
-    
     // let the AvatarData and ResourceCache classes use our QNetworkAccessManager
     AvatarData::setNetworkAccessManager(networkManager);
     ResourceCache::setNetworkAccessManager(networkManager);
diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
index 8e4ce04f0b..83e6c10c02 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 #include <QtCore/QJsonObject>
 #include <QtCore/QJsonValue>
 #include <QtCore/QTimer>
+#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkAccessManager>
+#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkRequest>
+#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkReply>
 
 #include <Logging.h>
 #include <NodeList.h>
@@ -478,6 +481,42 @@ void AudioMixer::run() {
 
     nodeList->linkedDataCreateCallback = attachNewBufferToNode;
     
+    // setup a QNetworkAccessManager to ask the domain-server for our settings
+    QNetworkAccessManager *networkManager = new QNetworkAccessManager(this);
+    
+    QUrl settingsJSONURL;
+    settingsJSONURL.setScheme("http");
+    settingsJSONURL.setHost(nodeList->getDomainHandler().getHostname());
+    settingsJSONURL.setPort(DOMAIN_SERVER_HTTP_PORT);
+    settingsJSONURL.setPath("/settings.json/");
+    settingsJSONURL.setQuery("type=" + QString(_type));
+    
+    QNetworkReply *reply = NULL;
+    
+    int failedAttempts = 0;
+    const int MAX_SETTINGS_REQUEST_FAILED_ATTEMPTS = 5;
+    
+    qDebug() << "Requesting settings for assignment from domain-server at" << settingsJSONURL.toString();
+    
+    while (!reply || reply->error() != QNetworkReply::NoError) {
+        reply = networkManager->get(QNetworkRequest(settingsJSONURL));
+        
+        QEventLoop loop;
+        QObject::connect(reply, SIGNAL(finished()), &loop, SLOT(quit()));
+        
+        loop.exec();
+        ++failedAttempts;
+        
+        if (failedAttempts == MAX_SETTINGS_REQUEST_FAILED_ATTEMPTS) {
+            qDebug() << "Failed to get settings from domain-server. Bailing on assignment.";
+            setFinished(true);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    QJsonDocument settingsJSON = QJsonDocument::fromJson(reply->readAll());
+    qDebug() << settingsJSON;
+    
     // check the payload to see if we have any unattenuated zones
     const QString UNATTENUATED_ZONE_REGEX_STRING = "--unattenuated-zone ([\\d.,-]+)";
     QRegExp unattenuatedZoneMatch(UNATTENUATED_ZONE_REGEX_STRING);
diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp
index d7e2e05ca8..f3315e8324 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServerSettingsManager.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ bool DomainServerSettingsManager::handleHTTPRequest(HTTPConnection* connection,
         connection->respond(HTTPConnection::StatusCode200, jsonSuccess.toUtf8(), "application/json");
         
         return true;
-    } else if (connection->requestOperation() == QNetworkAccessManager::GetOperation && url.path() == "/settings.json") {
+    } else if (connection->requestOperation() == QNetworkAccessManager::GetOperation && url.path() == "/settingz.json") {
         // this is a GET operation for our settings
         
         // check if there is a query parameter for settings affecting a particular type of assignment