diff --git a/examples/libraries/virtualBaton.js b/examples/libraries/virtualBaton.js
index 63f96a5c1e..319cae006b 100644
--- a/examples/libraries/virtualBaton.js
+++ b/examples/libraries/virtualBaton.js
@@ -145,30 +145,32 @@ function virtualBatonf(options) {
     // It would be great if we had a way to know how many subscribers our channel has. Failing that...
     var nNack = 0, previousNSubscribers = 0, lastGathering = 0, thisTimeout = electionTimeout;
     function nSubscribers() { // Answer the number of subscribers.
-        // To find nQuorum, we need to know how many scripts are being run using this batonName, which isn't
-        // the same as the number of clients!
-        //
-        // If we overestimate by too much, we may fail to reach consensus, which triggers a new
-        // election proposal, so we take the number of acceptors to be the max(nPromises, nAccepted)
-        // + nNack reported in the previous round.
-        //
-        // If we understimate by too much, there can be different pockets on the Internet that each
-        // believe they have agreement on different holders of the baton, which is precisely what
-        // the virtualBaton is supposed to avoid. Therefore we need to allow 'nack' to gather stragglers.
+        // // To find nQuorum, we need to know how many scripts are being run using this batonName, which isn't
+        // // the same as the number of clients!
+        // //
+        // // If we overestimate by too much, we may fail to reach consensus, which triggers a new
+        // // election proposal, so we take the number of acceptors to be the max(nPromises, nAccepted)
+        // // + nNack reported in the previous round.
+        // //
+        // // If we understimate by too much, there can be different pockets on the Internet that each
+        // // believe they have agreement on different holders of the baton, which is precisely what
+        // // the virtualBaton is supposed to avoid. Therefore we need to allow 'nack' to gather stragglers.
 
-        var now = Date.now(), elapsed = now - lastGathering;
-        if (elapsed >= thisTimeout) {
-            previousNSubscribers = Math.max(nPromises, nAccepted) + nNack;
-            lastGathering = now;
-        } // ...otherwise we use the previous value unchanged.
+        // var now = Date.now(), elapsed = now - lastGathering;
+        // if (elapsed >= thisTimeout) {
+        //     previousNSubscribers = Math.max(nPromises, nAccepted) + nNack;
+        //     lastGathering = now;
+        // } // ...otherwise we use the previous value unchanged.
 
-        // On startup, we do one proposal that we cannot possibly close, so that we'll
-        // lock things up for the full electionTimeout to gather responses.
-        if (!previousNSubscribers) {
-            var LARGE_INTEGER = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER || (-1 >>> 1); // QT doesn't define the ECMA constant. Max int will do for our purposes.
-            previousNSubscribers = LARGE_INTEGER;
-        }
-        return previousNSubscribers;
+        // // On startup, we do one proposal that we cannot possibly close, so that we'll
+        // // lock things up for the full electionTimeout to gather responses.
+        // if (!previousNSubscribers) {
+        //     var LARGE_INTEGER = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER || (-1 >>> 1); // QT doesn't define the ECMA constant. Max int will do for our purposes.
+        //     previousNSubscribers = LARGE_INTEGER;
+        // }
+        // return previousNSubscribers;
+        print("EBL NUMBER SUBSCRIBERS ",  AvatarList.getAvatarIdentifiers().length);
+        return AvatarList.getAvatarIdentifiers().length;
     }
 
     // MAIN ALGORITHM
diff --git a/examples/tests/batonSoundEntityTest/batonSoundTestEntityScript.js b/examples/tests/batonSoundEntityTest/batonSoundTestEntityScript.js
index 38c3e0058f..96381d8d13 100644
--- a/examples/tests/batonSoundEntityTest/batonSoundTestEntityScript.js
+++ b/examples/tests/batonSoundEntityTest/batonSoundTestEntityScript.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 (function() {
-    Script.include("../../libraries/virtualBaton.js");
+    Script.include("../../libraries/virtualBaton.js?v2");
 
     var baton;
     var iOwn = false;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             // We already have our injector so just restart it
             _this.soundInjector.restart();
         }
-        print("EBL TAKING OVER THE SOUND")
+        print("EBL ")
         Entities.editEntity(_this.batonDebugModel, {visible: true});
         _this.playSoundInterval = Script.setInterval(function() {
              // print("EBL PLAY THE SOUND");