diff --git a/libraries/physics/src/ObjectConstraintHinge.cpp b/libraries/physics/src/ObjectConstraintHinge.cpp
index d8270ba8ff..82a793ddaa 100644
--- a/libraries/physics/src/ObjectConstraintHinge.cpp
+++ b/libraries/physics/src/ObjectConstraintHinge.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ btTypedConstraint* ObjectConstraintHinge::getConstraint() {
         _constraint = constraint;
     });
 
+    // if we don't wake up rigidBodyA, we may not send the dynamicData property over the network
+    forceBodyNonStatic();
+    activateBody();
+
     return constraint;
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/physics/src/PhysicsEngine.cpp b/libraries/physics/src/PhysicsEngine.cpp
index 0c4290eff2..141f70b971 100644
--- a/libraries/physics/src/PhysicsEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/physics/src/PhysicsEngine.cpp
@@ -625,6 +625,9 @@ bool PhysicsEngine::addDynamic(EntityDynamicPointer dynamic) {
 void PhysicsEngine::removeDynamic(const QUuid dynamicID) {
     if (_objectDynamics.contains(dynamicID)) {
         ObjectDynamicPointer dynamic = std::static_pointer_cast<ObjectDynamic>(_objectDynamics[dynamicID]);
+        if (!dynamic) {
+            return;
+        }
         QList<btRigidBody*> rigidBodies = dynamic->getRigidBodies();
         if (dynamic->isAction()) {
             ObjectAction* objectAction = static_cast<ObjectAction*>(dynamic.get());