diff --git a/interface/src/ui/AnimStats.cpp b/interface/src/ui/AnimStats.cpp
index 47116ea281..2a355e48d1 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/AnimStats.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/AnimStats.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void AnimStats::updateStats(bool force) {
 
         auto prevIter = _prevDebugAlphaMap.find(key);
         if (prevIter != _prevDebugAlphaMap.end()) {
-            float prevAlpha = std::get<0>(iter.second);
+            float prevAlpha = std::get<0>(prevIter->second);
             if (prevAlpha != alpha) {
                 // change detected: reset timer
                 _animAlphaValueChangedTimers[key] = now;
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimBlendDirectional.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimBlendDirectional.cpp
index c64aad07da..d111a6fe08 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimBlendDirectional.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimBlendDirectional.cpp
@@ -54,22 +54,22 @@ const AnimPoseVec& AnimBlendDirectional::evaluate(const AnimVariantMap& animVars
         if (_alpha.x > 0.0f) {
             if (_alpha.y > 0.0f) {
                 // quadrant 0
-                indices = { _childIndices[0][2], _childIndices[0][1], _childIndices[1][1], _childIndices[1][2] };
+                indices = {{_childIndices[0][2], _childIndices[0][1], _childIndices[1][1], _childIndices[1][2]}};
             } else {
                 // quadrant 3
-                indices = { _childIndices[1][2], _childIndices[1][1], _childIndices[2][1], _childIndices[2][2] };
+                indices = {{_childIndices[1][2], _childIndices[1][1], _childIndices[2][1], _childIndices[2][2]}};
                 // shift alpha up so both alpha.x and alpha.y are in the (0, 1) range.
                 alpha.y += 1.0f;
             }
         } else {
             if (_alpha.y > 0.0f) {
                 // quadrant 1
-                indices = { _childIndices[0][1], _childIndices[0][0], _childIndices[1][0], _childIndices[1][1] };
+                indices = {{_childIndices[0][1], _childIndices[0][0], _childIndices[1][0], _childIndices[1][1]}};
                 // shift alpha right so both alpha.x and alpha.y are in the (0, 1) range.
                 alpha.x += 1.0f;
             } else {
                 // quadrant 2
-                indices = { _childIndices[1][1], _childIndices[1][0], _childIndices[2][0], _childIndices[2][1] };
+                indices = {{_childIndices[1][1], _childIndices[1][0], _childIndices[2][0], _childIndices[2][1]}};
                 // shift alpha up and right so both alpha.x and alpha.y are in the (0, 1) range.
                 alpha.x += 1.0f;
                 alpha.y += 1.0f;
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ const AnimPoseVec& AnimBlendDirectional::evaluate(const AnimVariantMap& animVars
         _poses.resize(minSize);
         blend4(minSize, &poseVecs[0][0], &poseVecs[1][0], &poseVecs[2][0], &poseVecs[3][0], &alphas[0], &_poses[0]);
 
+        // animation stack debug stats
+        for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
+            context.setDebugAlpha(_children[i]->getID(), 0.0f, _children[i]->getType());
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+            context.setDebugAlpha(_children[indices[i]]->getID(), alphas[i] * parentDebugAlpha, _children[indices[i]]->getType());
+        }
+
     } else {
         for (auto&& pose : _poses) {
             pose = AnimPose::identity;
diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/ClientTraitsHandler.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/ClientTraitsHandler.cpp
index e133f178df..51f843b83c 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/ClientTraitsHandler.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/ClientTraitsHandler.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ void ClientTraitsHandler::processTraitOverride(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> m
                 return;
             }
 
+            // AJT: DON'T CHECK THIS IN, disable model URL overrides.
+            /*
             // only accept an override if this is for a trait type we override
             // and the version matches what we last sent for skeleton
             if (traitType == AvatarTraits::SkeletonModelURL
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ void ClientTraitsHandler::processTraitOverride(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> m
             } else {
                 message->seek(message->getPosition() + traitBinarySize);
             }
+            */
         }
     }
 }