diff --git a/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp b/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp
index 1c00f57eec..7edc03490c 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,19 @@ ModelOverlay::ModelOverlay(const ModelOverlay* modelOverlay) :
     _url(modelOverlay->_url),
     _updateModel(false),
     _scaleToFit(modelOverlay->_scaleToFit),
-    _loadPriority(modelOverlay->_loadPriority)
+    _loadPriority(modelOverlay->_loadPriority),
+
+    _animationURL(modelOverlay->_animationURL),
+    _animationFPS(modelOverlay->_animationFPS),
+    _animationCurrentFrame(modelOverlay->_animationCurrentFrame),
+    _animationRunning(modelOverlay->_animationRunning),
+    _animationLoop(modelOverlay->_animationLoop),
+    _animationFirstFrame(modelOverlay->_animationFirstFrame),
+    _animationLastFrame(modelOverlay->_animationLastFrame),
+    _animationHold(modelOverlay->_animationHold),
+    _animationAllowTranslation(modelOverlay->_animationAllowTranslation)
+
+    // Joint translations and rotations aren't copied because the model needs to load before they can be applied.
 {
     _model->setLoadingPriority(_loadPriority);
     if (_url.isValid()) {
@@ -341,20 +353,25 @@ vectorType ModelOverlay::mapJoints(mapFunction<itemType> function) const {
  *     <code>parentID</code> is an avatar skeleton. A value of <code>65535</code> means "no joint".
  *
  * @property {string} url - The URL of the FBX or OBJ model used for the overlay.
+ * @property {number} loadPriority=0.0 - The priority for loading and displaying the overlay. Overlays with higher values load 
+ *     first.
  * @property {Vec3} dimensions - The dimensions of the overlay. Synonym: <code>size</code>.
  * @property {Vec3} scale - The scale factor applied to the model's dimensions.
  * @property {object.<name, url>} textures - Maps the named textures in the model to the JPG or PNG images in the urls.
- * @property {Array.<string>} jointNames - The names of the joints - if any - in the model. <em>Read-only</em>
- * @property {Array.<Quat>} jointRotations - The relative rotations of the model's joints.
- * @property {Array.<Vec3>} jointTranslations - The relative translations of the model's joints.
+ * @property {Array.<string>} jointNames - The names of the joints - if any - in the model. <em>Read-only.</em>
+ * @property {Array.<Quat>} jointRotations - The relative rotations of the model's joints. <em>Not copied if overlay is 
+ *     cloned.</em>
+ * @property {Array.<Vec3>} jointTranslations - The relative translations of the model's joints. <em>Not copied if overlay is 
+ *     cloned.</em>
  * @property {Array.<Quat>} jointOrientations - The absolute orientations of the model's joints, in world coordinates.
- *     <em>Read-only</em>
+ *     <em>Read-only.</em>
  * @property {Array.<Vec3>} jointPositions - The absolute positions of the model's joints, in world coordinates.
- *     <em>Read-only</em>
+ *     <em>Read-only.</em>
  * @property {string} animationSettings.url="" - The URL of an FBX file containing an animation to play.
  * @property {number} animationSettings.fps=0 - The frame rate (frames/sec) to play the animation at. 
  * @property {number} animationSettings.firstFrame=0 - The frame to start playing at.
  * @property {number} animationSettings.lastFrame=0 - The frame to finish playing at.
+ * @property {number} animationSettings.currentFrame=0 - The current frame being played.
  * @property {boolean} animationSettings.running=false - Whether or not the animation is playing.
  * @property {boolean} animationSettings.loop=false - Whether or not the animation should repeat in a loop.
  * @property {boolean} animationSettings.hold=false - Whether or not when the animation finishes, the rotations and 
@@ -384,6 +401,10 @@ QVariant ModelOverlay::getProperty(const QString& property) {
         }
     }
 
+    if (property == "loadPriority") {
+        return _loadPriority;
+    }
+
     if (property == "jointNames") {
         if (_model && _model->isActive()) {
             // note: going through Rig because Model::getJointNames() (which proxies to FBXGeometry) was always empty