diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
index 1147b8a811..5023bd7ae5 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ JointData jointDataFromJsonValue(const QJsonValue& json) {
         result.rotation = quatFromJsonValue(array[0]);
         result.rotationSet = true;
         result.translation = vec3FromJsonValue(array[1]);
-        result.translationSet = false;
+        result.translationSet = true;
     }
     return result;
 }
@@ -2146,12 +2146,9 @@ void AvatarData::fromJson(const QJsonObject& json, bool useFrameSkeleton) {
             QVector<JointData> jointArray;
             QJsonArray jointArrayJson = json[JSON_AVATAR_JOINT_ARRAY].toArray();
             jointArray.reserve(jointArrayJson.size());
-            int i = 0;
             for (const auto& jointJson : jointArrayJson) {
                 auto joint = jointDataFromJsonValue(jointJson);
                 jointArray.push_back(joint);
-                setJointData(i, joint.rotation, joint.translation);
-                i++;
             }
             setRawJointData(jointArray);
         }