diff --git a/interface/src/Audio.cpp b/interface/src/Audio.cpp
index f4fc3c35f1..cecfc9456a 100644
--- a/interface/src/Audio.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Audio.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int audioCallback (const void *inputBuffer,
             *(currentPacketPtr++) = 255;
             
             // memcpy the corrected render yaw
-            float correctedYaw = fmodf(data->linkedAvatar->getRenderYaw(), 360);
+            float correctedYaw = fmodf(data->linkedAvatar->getAbsoluteHeadYaw(), 360);
             
             if (correctedYaw > 180) {
                 correctedYaw -= 360;
diff --git a/interface/src/Avatar.cpp b/interface/src/Avatar.cpp
index d5f778c70c..afe9632b45 100644
--- a/interface/src/Avatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Avatar.cpp
@@ -275,13 +275,16 @@ void Avatar::UpdateGyros(float frametime, SerialInterface * serialInterface, glm
     addLean(-measured_lateral_accel * frametime * HEAD_LEAN_SCALE, -measured_fwd_accel*frametime * HEAD_LEAN_SCALE);
 }
 
+float Avatar::getAbsoluteHeadYaw() {
+    return _bodyYaw + _headYaw;
+}
+
 void Avatar::addLean(float x, float z) {
     //  Add Body lean as impulse
     _head.leanSideways += x;
     _head.leanForward  += z;
 }
 
-
 void Avatar::setLeanForward(float dist){
     _head.leanForward = dist;
 }
diff --git a/interface/src/Avatar.h b/interface/src/Avatar.h
index f568f80313..b931574ee8 100644
--- a/interface/src/Avatar.h
+++ b/interface/src/Avatar.h
@@ -167,18 +167,21 @@ public:
 
     void  reset();
     void  UpdateGyros(float frametime, SerialInterface * serialInterface, glm::vec3 * gravity);
+   
     void  setNoise (float mag) { _head.noise = mag; }
     void  setScale(float s) {_head.scale = s; };
     void  setRenderYaw(float y) {_renderYaw = y;}
     void  setRenderPitch(float p) {_renderPitch = p;}
     float getRenderYaw() {return _renderYaw;}
     float getRenderPitch() {return _renderPitch;}
-    void  setLeanForward(float dist);
-    void  setLeanSideways(float dist);
-    void  addLean(float x, float z);
     float getLastMeasuredHeadYaw() const {return _head.yawRate;}
     float getBodyYaw() {return _bodyYaw;};
     void  addBodyYaw(float y) {_bodyYaw += y;};
+    
+    float getAbsoluteHeadYaw();
+    void  setLeanForward(float dist);
+    void  setLeanSideways(float dist);
+    void  addLean(float x, float z);
 
     const glm::vec3& getHeadLookatDirection() const { return _orientation.getFront(); };
     const glm::vec3& getHeadLookatDirectionUp() const { return _orientation.getUp(); };