diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.cpp
index bea144e6aa..c6eec8eb63 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/SentPacketHistory.cpp
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ const NLPacket* SentPacketHistory::getPacket(uint16_t sequenceNumber) const {
     if (seqDiff < 0) {
         seqDiff += UINT16_RANGE;
     }
-    auto packet = _sentPackets.get(seqDiff);
-    if (packet) {
-        return packet->get();
-    } else {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
+
+    return _sentPackets.get(seqDiff)->get();
 }
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index e265fd3c8d..d24b7af714 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ void ScriptEngine::run() {
                         audioPacket->writePrimitive(sequence);
 
                         // send audio packet
-                        nodeList->sendPacket(std::move(audioPacket), node);
+                        nodeList->sendUnreliablePacket(audioPacket, node);
                     }
                 });
             }