diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 9e9830d977..739fefbc7f 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -2761,6 +2761,8 @@ void Application::update(float deltaTime) {
     updateThreads(deltaTime); // If running non-threaded, then give the threads some time to process...
     updateDialogs(deltaTime); // update various stats dialogs if present
 
+    _avatarUpdate->synchronousProcess();
+
     {
         PerformanceTimer perfTimer("physics");
         myAvatar->relayDriveKeysToCharacterController();
@@ -2822,8 +2824,6 @@ void Application::update(float deltaTime) {
         _overlays.update(deltaTime);
     }
 
-    _avatarUpdate->synchronousProcess();
-
     // Update _viewFrustum with latest camera and view frustum data...
     // NOTE: we get this from the view frustum, to make it simpler, since the
     // loadViewFrumstum() method will get the correct details from the camera