diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/HeadData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/HeadData.cpp
index f19ee3de86..392b08d48c 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/HeadData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/HeadData.cpp
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ const QVector<float>& HeadData::getSummedBlendshapeCoefficients() {
 void HeadData::setBlendshape(QString name, float val) {
 
     // Check to see if the named blendshape exists, and then set its value if it does
-    auto it = blendshapeLookupMap.find(name);
-    if (it != blendshapeLookupMap.end()) {
+    auto it = BLENDSHAPE_LOOKUP_MAP.find(name);
+    if (it != BLENDSHAPE_LOOKUP_MAP.end()) {
         if (_blendshapeCoefficients.size() <= it.value()) {
             _blendshapeCoefficients.resize(it.value() + 1);
         }
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ void HeadData::setBlendshape(QString name, float val) {
 }
 
 int HeadData::getBlendshapeIndex(const QString& name) {
-    auto it = blendshapeLookupMap.find(name);
-    int index = it != blendshapeLookupMap.end() ? it.value() : -1;
+    auto it = BLENDSHAPE_LOOKUP_MAP.find(name);
+    int index = it != BLENDSHAPE_LOOKUP_MAP.end() ? it.value() : -1;
     return index;
 }
 
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ static const QString JSON_AVATAR_HEAD_LOOKAT = QStringLiteral("lookAt");
 QJsonObject HeadData::toJson() const {
     QJsonObject headJson;
     QJsonObject blendshapesJson;
-    for (auto name : blendshapeLookupMap.keys()) {
-        auto index = blendshapeLookupMap[name];
+    for (auto name : BLENDSHAPE_LOOKUP_MAP.keys()) {
+        auto index = BLENDSHAPE_LOOKUP_MAP[name];
         float value = 0.0f;
         if (index < _blendshapeCoefficients.size()) {
             value += _blendshapeCoefficients[index];
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.cpp
index 9f54033373..3808844a6f 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/ModelEntityItem.cpp
@@ -769,8 +769,8 @@ void ModelEntityItem::setBlendshapeCoefficients(const QString& blendshapeCoeffic
     withWriteLock([&] {
         for (auto& blendshape : newCoefficientsMap.keys()) {
             auto newCoefficient = newCoefficientsMap[blendshape];
-            auto blendshapeIter = blendshapeLookupMap.find(blendshape);
-            if (newCoefficient.canConvert<float>() && blendshapeIter != blendshapeLookupMap.end()) {
+            auto blendshapeIter = BLENDSHAPE_LOOKUP_MAP.find(blendshape);
+            if (newCoefficient.canConvert<float>() && blendshapeIter != BLENDSHAPE_LOOKUP_MAP.end()) {
                 float newCoefficientValue = newCoefficient.toFloat();
                 _blendshapeCoefficientsVector[blendshapeIter.value()] = newCoefficientValue;
                 _blendshapeCoefficientsMap[blendshape] = newCoefficientValue;
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/BlendshapeConstants.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/BlendshapeConstants.cpp
index 0150e3854f..83c8271340 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/BlendshapeConstants.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/BlendshapeConstants.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const char* FACESHIFT_BLENDSHAPES[] = {
     ""
 };
 
-QMap<QString, int> blendshapeLookupMap = [] {
+const QMap<QString, int> BLENDSHAPE_LOOKUP_MAP = [] {
     QMap<QString, int> toReturn;
     for (int i = 0; i < (int)Blendshapes::BlendshapeCount; i++) {
         toReturn[FACESHIFT_BLENDSHAPES[i]] = i;
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/BlendshapeConstants.h b/libraries/shared/src/BlendshapeConstants.h
index 358efb6597..33d02de57d 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/BlendshapeConstants.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/BlendshapeConstants.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 /// The names of the blendshapes expected by Faceshift, terminated with an empty string.
 extern const char* FACESHIFT_BLENDSHAPES[];
-extern QMap<QString, int> blendshapeLookupMap;
+extern const QMap<QString, int> BLENDSHAPE_LOOKUP_MAP;
 
 enum class Blendshapes : int {
     EyeBlink_L = 0,
diff --git a/plugins/KasenAPIExample/src/KasenAPIExample.cpp b/plugins/KasenAPIExample/src/KasenAPIExample.cpp
index b0a9c29519..9f81793037 100644
--- a/plugins/KasenAPIExample/src/KasenAPIExample.cpp
+++ b/plugins/KasenAPIExample/src/KasenAPIExample.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ private:
     }
     struct _HeadHelper : public HeadData {
         QMap<QString,int> getBlendshapeMap() const {
-            return blendshapeLookupMap;
+            return BLENDSHAPE_LOOKUP_MAP;
         }
         struct States { QVector<float> base, summed, transient; };
         States getBlendshapeStates() const {