diff --git a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
index 1c3046b9b1..a38f3b6e4b 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/audio/AudioMixer.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ void AudioMixer::addBufferToMixForListeningNodeWithBuffer(PositionalAudioRingBuf
     bool shouldAttenuate = (bufferToAdd != listeningNodeBuffer);
     
     if (shouldAttenuate) {
+        
         // if the two buffer pointers do not match then these are different buffers
         glm::vec3 relativePosition = bufferToAdd->getPosition() - listeningNodeBuffer->getPosition();
         
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index daf66dafbe..4154c4d415 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -469,7 +469,10 @@ void ScriptEngine::run() {
 
                 // pack a placeholder value for sequence number for now, will be packed when destination node is known
                 int numPreSequenceNumberBytes = audioPacket.size();
-                packetStream << (quint16)0;
+                packetStream << (quint16) 0;
+                
+                // assume scripted avatar audio is mono and set channel flag to zero
+                packetStream << (quint8) 0;
 
                 // use the orientation and position of this avatar for the source of this audio
                 packetStream.writeRawData(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&_avatarData->getPosition()), sizeof(glm::vec3));