diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
index aac3cc2e2c..a03556a56e 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/hifi/Pal.qml
@@ -346,15 +346,18 @@ Item {
             }
             break;
         case 'updateAudioLevel': 
-            var userId = message.params[0];
-            var audioLevel = message.params[1];
-            if (!userId) {
-                myData.audioLevel = audioLevel;
-                myCard.audioLevel = audioLevel;
-            } else {
-                var userIndex = findSessionIndex(userId);
-                userModel.get(userIndex).audioLevel = audioLevel;
-                userData[userIndex].audioLevel = audioLevel;
+            for (var userId in message.params) {
+                var audioLevel = message.params[userId];
+                // If the userId is 0, we're updating "myData".
+                if (userId == 0) {
+                    myData.audioLevel = audioLevel;
+                    myCard.audioLevel = audioLevel; // Defensive programming
+                } else {
+                    console.log("userid:" + userId);
+                    var userIndex = findSessionIndex(userId);
+                    userModel.get(userIndex).audioLevel = audioLevel;
+                    userData[userIndex].audioLevel = audioLevel; // Defensive programming
+                }
             }
             break;
         default:
diff --git a/scripts/system/pal.js b/scripts/system/pal.js
index 14b3f483da..a19c6a8c29 100644
--- a/scripts/system/pal.js
+++ b/scripts/system/pal.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function populateUserList() {
             displayName: avatar.sessionDisplayName,
             userName: '',
             sessionId: id || '',
-            audioLevel: getAudioLevel(id)
+            audioLevel: 0.0
         };
         // If the current user is an admin OR
         // they're requesting their own username ("id" is blank)...
@@ -300,10 +300,14 @@ function getAudioLevel(id) {
 // TODO: tune for efficiency - expecially with large numbers of avatars
 Script.setInterval(function () {
     if (pal.visible) {
+        var param = {};
         AvatarList.getAvatarIdentifiers().sort().forEach(function (id) {
             var level = getAudioLevel(id);
-            pal.sendToQml({method: 'updateAudioLevel', params: [id, level]});
+            // qml didn't like an object with null/empty string for a key, so...
+            var userId = id || 0;
+            param[userId]= level;
         });
+        pal.sendToQml({method: 'updateAudioLevel', params: param});
     }
 }, AUDIO_LEVEL_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS);
 //