diff --git a/src/react-components/avatar-selector.js b/src/react-components/avatar-selector.js
index 0af325ceae217f3375869768d5d6a2f521d8a985..81b30d6057b436a296b9856f742b1bb907514495 100644
--- a/src/react-components/avatar-selector.js
+++ b/src/react-components/avatar-selector.js
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ class AvatarSelector extends Component {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
+    // <a-scene> component not initialized until scene element mounted and loaded.
     this.scene.addEventListener("loaded", () => {
       this.scene.setAttribute("renderer", { gammaOutput: true, sortObjects: true, physicallyCorrectLights: true });
+      this.scene.setAttribute("gamma-factor", "");
     });
   }