diff --git a/interface/src/Application.h b/interface/src/Application.h
index f8eb393f9e..cde3bef1ff 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.h
+++ b/interface/src/Application.h
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ public:
     QUuid getTabletFrameID() const; // may be an entity or an overlay
 
     void setAvatarOverrideUrl(const QUrl& url, bool save);
+    void clearAvatarOverrideUrl() { _avatarOverrideUrl = QUrl(); _saveAvatarOverrideUrl = false; }
     QUrl getAvatarOverrideUrl() { return _avatarOverrideUrl; }
     bool getSaveAvatarOverrideUrl() { return _saveAvatarOverrideUrl; }
 
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
index 7f46a9e3bf..d48a1cf189 100755
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
@@ -1382,6 +1382,7 @@ void MyAvatar::useFullAvatarURL(const QUrl& fullAvatarURL, const QString& modelN
     }
 
     if (_fullAvatarURLFromPreferences != fullAvatarURL) {
+        qApp->clearAvatarOverrideUrl();
         _fullAvatarURLFromPreferences = fullAvatarURL;
         if (modelName.isEmpty()) {
             QVariantHash fullAvatarFST = FSTReader::downloadMapping(_fullAvatarURLFromPreferences.toString());