diff --git a/assignment-client/src/main.cpp b/assignment-client/src/main.cpp
index a0cf0be4c1..046179ea02 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/main.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/main.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ void childClient() {
         if (usecTimestampNow() - usecTimestamp(&lastRequest) >= ASSIGNMENT_REQUEST_INTERVAL_USECS) {
             gettimeofday(&lastRequest, NULL);
             // if we're here we have no assignment, so send a request
+            qDebug() << "Sending an assignment request -" << requestAssignment << "\n";
             nodeList->sendAssignment(requestAssignment);
         }
         
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp
index 50853c1c93..cce0aecf14 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ void NodeList::sendAssignment(Assignment& assignment) {
         ? (sockaddr*) &GLOBAL_ASSIGNMENT_SOCKET
         : _assignmentServerSocket;
     
-    _nodeSocket.send((sockaddr*) assignmentServerSocket, assignmentPacket, numHeaderBytes + numAssignmentBytes);
+    _nodeSocket.send(assignmentServerSocket, assignmentPacket, numHeaderBytes + numAssignmentBytes);
 }
 
 Node* NodeList::addOrUpdateNode(sockaddr* publicSocket, sockaddr* localSocket, char nodeType, uint16_t nodeId) {