diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.cpp
index 582c636a7a..fa2e40f19e 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/AvatarActionHold.cpp
@@ -63,11 +63,8 @@ void AvatarActionHold::updateActionWorker(float deltaTimeStep) {
 
         if (gotLock) {
             gotLock = withTryWriteLock([&]{
-                    if (_positionalTarget != position || _rotationalTarget != rotation) {
-                        auto ownerEntity = _ownerEntity.lock();
-                        _positionalTarget = position;
-                        _rotationalTarget = rotation;
-                    }
+                    _positionalTarget = position;
+                    _rotationalTarget = rotation;
                 });
         }
 
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
index 22a4a298ef..51fa2eee75 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
@@ -370,7 +370,12 @@ inline QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const EntityItemProperties& properties) {
     DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, VoxelSurfaceStyle, voxelSurfaceStyle, "");
     DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, Href, href, "");
     DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, Description, description, "");
-    DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, ActionData, actionData, "");
+
+    // DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, ActionData, actionData, "");
+    if (properties.actionDataChanged()) {
+        debug << " " << "actionData" << ":" << properties.getActionData().toHex() << "" << "\n";
+    }
+
     DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, XTextureURL, xTextureURL, "");
     DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, YTextureURL, yTextureURL, "");
     DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, ZTextureURL, zTextureURL, "");
diff --git a/libraries/physics/src/ObjectActionSpring.cpp b/libraries/physics/src/ObjectActionSpring.cpp
index 7d0bab5143..8b936a96e9 100644
--- a/libraries/physics/src/ObjectActionSpring.cpp
+++ b/libraries/physics/src/ObjectActionSpring.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ ObjectActionSpring::~ObjectActionSpring() {
 }
 
 void ObjectActionSpring::updateActionWorker(btScalar deltaTimeStep) {
+    // don't risk hanging the thread running the physics simulation
     auto lockResult = withTryReadLock([&]{
         auto ownerEntity = _ownerEntity.lock();
         if (!ownerEntity) {
@@ -100,9 +101,7 @@ void ObjectActionSpring::updateActionWorker(btScalar deltaTimeStep) {
         }
     });
     if (!lockResult) {
-        // don't risk hanging the thread running the physics simulation
         qDebug() << "ObjectActionSpring::updateActionWorker lock failed";
-        return;
     }
 }