diff --git a/scripts/system/edit.js b/scripts/system/edit.js
index 1727857ee8..84afca4a01 100644
--- a/scripts/system/edit.js
+++ b/scripts/system/edit.js
@@ -1423,6 +1423,7 @@ var PropertiesTool = function (opts) {
             pushCommandForSelections();
             selectionManager._update();
         } else if(data.type === 'saveUserData'){
+            //the event bridge and json parsing handle our avatar id string differently.
             var actualID = data.id.split('"')[1]
             var success = Entities.editEntity(actualID, data.properties)
         } else if (data.type === "showMarketplace") {
diff --git a/scripts/system/html/js/entityProperties.js b/scripts/system/html/js/entityProperties.js
index 6337ef00af..8ce3fbbe00 100644
--- a/scripts/system/html/js/entityProperties.js
+++ b/scripts/system/html/js/entityProperties.js
@@ -758,9 +758,11 @@ function loaded() {
                     } else {
 
                         properties = data.selections[0].properties;
+
                         if (lastEntityID !== '"' + properties.id + '"' && lastEntityID !== null && editor !== null) {
                             saveJSONUserData(true);
                         }
+                        //the event bridge and json parsing handle our avatar id string differently.  
 
                         lastEntityID = '"' + properties.id + '"';
                         elID.innerHTML = properties.id;