diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index a004f19238..1120b9d640 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -240,9 +240,15 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, timeval &startup_time) :
     // probably not the right long term solution. But for now, we're going to do this to 
     // allow you to move a particle around in your hand
     _particleEditSender.setPacketsPerSecond(3000); // super high!!
+    
+    
+    printf("Application::Application() _voxelEditSender=%p\n", &_voxelEditSender);
+    printf("Application::Application() _particleEditSender=%p\n", &_particleEditSender);
+    
 }
 
 Application::~Application() {
+    qDebug() << "START Application::~Application()...\n";
     // make sure we don't call the idle timer any more
     delete idleTimer;
 
@@ -263,8 +269,7 @@ Application::~Application() {
     delete _settings;
     delete _followMode;
     delete _glWidget;
-    
-    qDebug() << "DONE... Application::~Application()\n";
+    qDebug() << "DONE Application::~Application()...\n";
 }
 
 void Application::restoreSizeAndPosition() {
@@ -1395,6 +1400,7 @@ void Application::terminate() {
         pthread_join(_networkReceiveThread, NULL); 
     }
 
+    printf("");
     _voxelProcessor.terminate();
     _voxelHideShowThread.terminate();
     _voxelEditSender.terminate();
@@ -4421,33 +4427,40 @@ void Application::loadScript() {
 
     // start the script on a new thread...
     bool wantMenuItems = true; // tells the ScriptEngine object to add menu items for itself
+
+
+    qDebug("about to create ScriptEngine\n");
     ScriptEngine* scriptEngine = new ScriptEngine(script, wantMenuItems, fileName, Menu::getInstance());
+    qDebug("scriptEngine=%p\n",scriptEngine);
+    scriptEngine->setupMenuItems();
     
     // setup the packet senders and jurisdiction listeners of the script engine's scripting interfaces so
     // we can use the same ones from the application.
     scriptEngine->getVoxelScriptingInterface()->setPacketSender(&_voxelEditSender);
     scriptEngine->getParticleScriptingInterface()->setPacketSender(&_particleEditSender);
 
+    qDebug("about to create workerThread\n");
     QThread* workerThread = new QThread(this);
+    qDebug("workerThread=%p\n",workerThread);
 
     // when the worker thread is started, call our engine's run..    
     connect(workerThread, SIGNAL(started()), scriptEngine, SLOT(run()));
-    
-    // when the engine emits finished, call our threads quit
-    connect(scriptEngine, SIGNAL(finished()), workerThread, SLOT(quit()));
 
     // when the thread is terminated, add both scriptEngine and thread to the deleteLater queue
-    connect(workerThread, SIGNAL(finished()), scriptEngine, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+    connect(scriptEngine, SIGNAL(finished()), scriptEngine, SLOT(deleteLater()));
     connect(workerThread, SIGNAL(finished()), workerThread, SLOT(deleteLater()));
 
     // when the application is about to quit, stop our script engine so it unwinds properly
     connect(this, SIGNAL(aboutToQuit()), scriptEngine, SLOT(stop()));
     
+    qDebug("about to scriptEngine->moveToThread(workerThread)\n");
     scriptEngine->moveToThread(workerThread);
+    qDebug("after scriptEngine->moveToThread(workerThread)\n");
     
     // Starts an event loop, and emits workerThread->started()
+    qDebug("about to workerThread->start()\n");
     workerThread->start();
-
+    qDebug("after workerThread->start()\n");
 
 
     // restore the main window's active state
diff --git a/interface/src/Menu.cpp b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
index 37dbbde6a3..97c83129ef 100644
--- a/interface/src/Menu.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Menu.cpp
@@ -711,8 +711,6 @@ QAction* Menu::addCheckableActionToQMenuAndActionHash(QMenu* destinationMenu,
 }
 
 void Menu::removeAction(QMenu* menu, const QString& actionName) {
-qDebug() << "removeAction() menu=" << menu << " actionName=" << actionName << "\n";
-
     menu->removeAction(_actionHash.value(actionName));
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.cpp b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.cpp
index 2d20e378cd..4333e18684 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.cpp
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ OctreeEditPacketSender::OctreeEditPacketSender(PacketSenderNotify* notify) :
     _serverJurisdictions(NULL),
     _sequenceNumber(0),
     _maxPacketSize(MAX_PACKET_SIZE) {
+    printf("OctreeEditPacketSender::OctreeEditPacketSender() [%p] created... \n", this);
 }
 
 OctreeEditPacketSender::~OctreeEditPacketSender() {
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ OctreeEditPacketSender::~OctreeEditPacketSender() {
         delete packet;
         _preServerPackets.erase(_preServerPackets.begin());
     }
+    printf("OctreeEditPacketSender::~OctreeEditPacketSender() [%p] destroyed... \n", this);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.h b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.h
index d9fabf04a0..825c786a48 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.h
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeEditPacketSender.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 /// Utility for processing, packing, queueing and sending of outbound edit messages.
-class OctreeEditPacketSender :  public virtual PacketSender {
+class OctreeEditPacketSender :  public PacketSender {
 public:
     OctreeEditPacketSender(PacketSenderNotify* notify = NULL);
     ~OctreeEditPacketSender();
diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeScriptingInterface.cpp
index 383e7a3877..e67aa9bd1c 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -16,10 +16,17 @@ OctreeScriptingInterface::OctreeScriptingInterface(OctreeEditPacketSender* packe
 }
 
 OctreeScriptingInterface::~OctreeScriptingInterface() {
+    printf("OctreeScriptingInterface::~OctreeScriptingInterface()\n");
     if (_managedJuridiciontListerner) {
+        printf("OctreeScriptingInterface::~OctreeScriptingInterface() _managedJuridiciontListerner... _jurisdictionListener->terminate()\n");
+        _jurisdictionListener->terminate();
+        printf("OctreeScriptingInterface::~OctreeScriptingInterface() _managedJuridiciontListerner... deleting _jurisdictionListener\n");
         delete _jurisdictionListener;
     }
     if (_managedPacketSender) {
+        printf("OctreeScriptingInterface::~OctreeScriptingInterface() _managedJuridiciontListerner... _packetSender->terminate()\n");
+        _packetSender->terminate();
+        printf("OctreeScriptingInterface::~OctreeScriptingInterface() _managedPacketSender... deleting _packetSender\n");
         delete _packetSender;
     }
 }
@@ -33,11 +40,13 @@ void OctreeScriptingInterface::setJurisdictionListener(JurisdictionListener* jur
 }
 
 void OctreeScriptingInterface::init() {
+    printf("OctreeScriptingInterface::init()\n");
     if (_jurisdictionListener) {
         _managedJuridiciontListerner = false;
     } else {
         _managedJuridiciontListerner = true;
         _jurisdictionListener = new JurisdictionListener(getServerNodeType());
+        printf("OctreeScriptingInterface::init() _managedJuridiciontListerner=true, creating _jurisdictionListener=%p\n", _jurisdictionListener);
         _jurisdictionListener->initialize(true);
     }
     
@@ -46,6 +55,7 @@ void OctreeScriptingInterface::init() {
     } else {
         _managedPacketSender = true;
         _packetSender = createPacketSender();
+        printf("OctreeScriptingInterface::init() _managedPacketSender=true, creating _packetSender=%p\n", _packetSender);
         _packetSender->setServerJurisdictions(_jurisdictionListener->getJurisdictions());
     }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/scriptengine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/scriptengine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index 62b729a1df..c8df387e49 100644
--- a/libraries/scriptengine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/scriptengine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
 #include <QtCore/QEventLoop>
 #include <QtCore/QTimer>
+#include <QtCore/QThread>
 #include <QtNetwork/QNetworkAccessManager>
 #include <QtNetwork/QNetworkRequest>
 #include <QtNetwork/QNetworkReply>
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ ScriptEngine::ScriptEngine(QString scriptContents, bool wantMenuItems,
     _menu = menu;
 }
 
+ScriptEngine::~ScriptEngine() {
+    printf("ScriptEngine::~ScriptEngine()...\n");
+}
+
+
 void ScriptEngine::setupMenuItems() {
     if (_menu && _wantMenuItems) {
         _menu->addActionToQMenuAndActionHash(_menu->getActiveScriptsMenu(), _scriptMenuName, 0, this, SLOT(stop()));
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ void ScriptEngine::cleanMenuItems() {
 
 void ScriptEngine::run() {
 
-    setupMenuItems();
+    //setupMenuItems();
     
     QScriptEngine engine;
     
@@ -103,12 +109,14 @@ void ScriptEngine::run() {
         }
         
         if (_isFinished) {
+            qDebug() << "line: " << __LINE__ << " _isFinished... breaking loop\n";
             break;
         }
 
         QCoreApplication::processEvents();
 
         if (_isFinished) {
+            qDebug() << "line: " << __LINE__ << " _isFinished... breaking loop\n";
             break;
         }
         
@@ -146,6 +154,23 @@ void ScriptEngine::run() {
         }
     }
     cleanMenuItems();
-    qDebug() << "About to emit finished...\n";
+
+    // If we were on a thread, then wait till it's done
+    if (thread()) {
+        qDebug() << "line: " << __LINE__ << " calling quit()...\n";
+        thread()->quit();
+    }
+
+    qDebug() << "line: " << __LINE__ << " emitting finished()...\n";
     emit finished();
 }
+
+void ScriptEngine::stop() { 
+    _isFinished = true; 
+    qDebug() << "line: " << __LINE__ << " ScriptEngine::stop().. setting _isFinished = true...\n";
+}
+
+void ScriptEngine::applicationAboutToQuit() {
+    qDebug() << "line: " << __LINE__ << " ScriptEngine::applicationAboutToQuit().. setting _isFinished = true...\n";
+    stop();
+}
diff --git a/libraries/scriptengine/src/ScriptEngine.h b/libraries/scriptengine/src/ScriptEngine.h
index 9047399c79..03734f6820 100644
--- a/libraries/scriptengine/src/ScriptEngine.h
+++ b/libraries/scriptengine/src/ScriptEngine.h
@@ -24,18 +24,22 @@ class ScriptEngine : public QObject {
 public:
     ScriptEngine(QString scriptContents, bool wantMenuItems = false, 
                     const char* scriptMenuName = NULL, AbstractMenuInterface* menu = NULL);
+
+    ~ScriptEngine();
     
     /// Access the VoxelScriptingInterface in order to initialize it with a custom packet sender and jurisdiction listener
     VoxelScriptingInterface* getVoxelScriptingInterface() { return &_voxelScriptingInterface; }
 
     /// Access the ParticleScriptingInterface in order to initialize it with a custom packet sender and jurisdiction listener
     ParticleScriptingInterface* getParticleScriptingInterface() { return &_particleScriptingInterface; }
+
+    void setupMenuItems();
+    void cleanMenuItems();
     
 public slots:
     void run();
-    void stop() { 
-        _isFinished = true; 
-    }
+    void stop();
+    void applicationAboutToQuit();
     
 signals:
     void willSendAudioDataCallback();
@@ -45,8 +49,6 @@ protected:
     QString _scriptContents;
     bool _isFinished;
 
-    void setupMenuItems();
-    void cleanMenuItems();
 
 private:
     VoxelScriptingInterface _voxelScriptingInterface;
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/HifiSockAddr.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/HifiSockAddr.cpp
index 0fdc8919ed..0a6f5dce2d 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/HifiSockAddr.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/HifiSockAddr.cpp
@@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ HifiSockAddr::HifiSockAddr(const QString& hostname, quint16 hostOrderPort) {
 }
 
 HifiSockAddr& HifiSockAddr::operator=(const HifiSockAddr& rhsSockAddr) {
-    HifiSockAddr temp(rhsSockAddr);
-    swap(temp);
+    //HifiSockAddr temp(rhsSockAddr);
+    //swap(temp);
+    _address = rhsSockAddr._address;
+    _port = rhsSockAddr._port;
+    
     return *this;
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.cpp
index f829a80ac0..45274a2a26 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ PacketSender::PacketSender(PacketSenderNotify* notify, int packetsPerSecond) :
     _totalPacketsQueued(0),
     _totalBytesQueued(0)
 {
+    printf("PacketSender[%p] created... \n", this);
+}
+
+PacketSender::~PacketSender() {
+    printf("PacketSender::~PacketSender[%p] destroyed... \n", this);
 }
 
 
@@ -328,6 +333,7 @@ bool PacketSender::nonThreadedProcess() {
     while ((packetsSentThisCall < packetsToSendThisCall) && (packetsLeft > 0)) {
         lock();
         NetworkPacket& packet = _packets.front();
+        printf("PacketSender[%p], copying packet... \n", this);
         NetworkPacket temporary = packet; // make a copy
         _packets.erase(_packets.begin());
         packetsLeft = _packets.size();
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.h b/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.h
index b05e42d11b..32b8c2c3a7 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/PacketSender.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public:
     static const int MINIMAL_SLEEP_INTERVAL;
 
     PacketSender(PacketSenderNotify* notify = NULL, int packetsPerSecond = DEFAULT_PACKETS_PER_SECOND);
+    ~PacketSender();
 
     /// Add packet to outbound queue.
     /// \param HifiSockAddr& address the destination address