diff --git a/data/assets/util/webgui.asset b/data/assets/util/webgui.asset
index b51a582660..bfce9452fc 100644
--- a/data/assets/util/webgui.asset
+++ b/data/assets/util/webgui.asset
@@ -20,12 +20,22 @@ asset.onInitialize(function ()
         openspace.unzipFile(frontend .. "/frontend.zip", dest, true)
     end
 
-    -- Serve the production GUI:
+    -- Disable the server, add production gui endpoint, and restart server.
+    -- The temporary disabling avoids restarting the server on each property change.
+    -- TODO: Add a trigger property to the module to restart the server "manually"
+    -- and remove automatic restart on each property change,
+    -- since frequent restarting seems to be unstable on mac.
+
+    local enabled = openspace.getPropertyValue("Modules.WebGui.ServerProcessEnabled")
+    openspace.setPropertyValueSingle("Modules.WebGui.ServerProcessEnabled", false)
+
     local directories = openspace.getPropertyValue("Modules.WebGui.Directories")
     directories[#directories + 1] = "frontend"
     directories[#directories + 1] = frontend .. '/frontend'
+
     openspace.setPropertyValueSingle("Modules.WebGui.Directories", directories)
     openspace.setPropertyValueSingle("Modules.WebGui.DefaultEndpoint", "frontend")
+    openspace.setPropertyValueSingle("Modules.WebGui.ServerProcessEnabled", enabled)
 
     if guiCustomization.webguiDevelopmentMode then
         -- Route CEF to the deveopment version of the GUI.
diff --git a/include/openspace/util/syncbuffer.inl b/include/openspace/util/syncbuffer.inl
index 0ea2ab3d61..99860e7bdc 100644
--- a/include/openspace/util/syncbuffer.inl
+++ b/include/openspace/util/syncbuffer.inl
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ namespace openspace {
 template <typename T>
 void SyncBuffer::encode(const T& v) {
     const size_t size = sizeof(T);
-    ghoul_assert(_encodeOffset + size < _n, "");
+
+    size_t anticpatedBufferSize = _encodeOffset + size;
+    if (anticpatedBufferSize >= _n) {
+        _dataStream.resize(anticpatedBufferSize);
+    }
 
     memcpy(_dataStream.data() + _encodeOffset, &v, size);
     _encodeOffset += size;
diff --git a/src/interaction/orbitalnavigator.cpp b/src/interaction/orbitalnavigator.cpp
index 3acb05c013..d4e1e5feff 100644
--- a/src/interaction/orbitalnavigator.cpp
+++ b/src/interaction/orbitalnavigator.cpp
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ glm::quat OrbitalNavigator::anchorNodeToCameraRotation() const {
 void OrbitalNavigator::resetVelocities() {
     _mouseStates.resetVelocities();
     _joystickStates.resetVelocities();
+    _websocketStates.resetVelocities();
     _scriptStates.resetVelocities();
 }
 
@@ -587,10 +588,17 @@ void OrbitalNavigator::setAnchorNode(const SceneGraphNode* anchorNode) {
     if (!_anchorNode) {
         _directlySetStereoDistance = true;
     }
+    if (_anchorNode != anchorNode) {
+        resetVelocities();
+    }
 
     _anchorNode = anchorNode;
 
     if (_anchorNode) {
+        _previousAnchorNodePosition = _anchorNode->worldPosition();
+        _previousAnchorNodeRotation = glm::quat_cast(_anchorNode->worldRotationMatrix());
+    }
+    else {
         _previousAnchorNodePosition.reset();
         _previousAnchorNodeRotation.reset();
     }
diff --git a/src/util/syncbuffer.cpp b/src/util/syncbuffer.cpp
index f89204c542..b74446c3d0 100644
--- a/src/util/syncbuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/util/syncbuffer.cpp
@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ SyncBuffer::SyncBuffer(size_t n)
 SyncBuffer::~SyncBuffer() {} // NOLINT
 
 void SyncBuffer::encode(const std::string& s) {
-    ghoul_assert(_encodeOffset + sizeof(char) * s.size() + sizeof(int32_t) < _n, "");
+    int32_t anticpatedBufferSize = _encodeOffset + (sizeof(char) * s.size())
+        + sizeof(int32_t);
+    if (anticpatedBufferSize >= _n) {
+        _dataStream.resize(anticpatedBufferSize);
+    }
 
-    int32_t length = static_cast<int32_t>(s.length());
+    int32_t length = static_cast<int32_t>(s.size() * sizeof(char));
     memcpy(
         _dataStream.data() + _encodeOffset,
         reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&length),