diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
index 4532180ca7..f438972c58 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
@@ -580,7 +580,6 @@ void DomainServer::processConnectRequestPacket(QSharedPointer<NLPacket> packet)
     NodeType_t nodeType;
     HifiSockAddr publicSockAddr, localSockAddr;
     
-
     if (packet->getPayloadSize() == 0) {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/NLPacket.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/NLPacket.cpp
index 7a2b4af163..eb53688a21 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/NLPacket.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/NLPacket.cpp
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ NLPacket::NLPacket(PacketType type, qint64 size, bool isReliable, bool isPartOfM
 NLPacket::NLPacket(std::unique_ptr<Packet> packet) :
     Packet(std::move(*packet.release()))
 {
-    adjustPayloadStartAndCapacity(_payloadSize > 0);
-    
     readType();
     readVersion();
     readSourceID();
+    
+    adjustPayloadStartAndCapacity(_payloadSize > 0);
 }
 
 NLPacket::NLPacket(const NLPacket& other) : Packet(other) {