diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 5a3d85ded8..b10b2abe0f 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -3525,6 +3525,9 @@ void Application::domainChanged(QString domain) {
     // update the user's last domain in their Profile (which will propagate to data-server)
     _profile.updateDomain(domain);
     
+    // kill the local voxels
+    _voxels.killLocalVoxels();
+    
     // reset the environment so that we don't erroneously end up with multiple
     _environment.resetToDefault();
 }