diff --git a/src/file-handler.ts b/src/file-handler.ts
index 47b75e3..f617721 100644
--- a/src/file-handler.ts
+++ b/src/file-handler.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Events } from './events';
 import { Scene } from './scene';
 import { Writer, DownloadWriter, FileStreamWriter } from './serialize/writer';
 import { Splat } from './splat';
-import { serializePly, serializePlyCompressed, serializeSplat, serializeViewer, ViewerExportSettings } from './splat-serialize';
+import { serializePly, serializePlyCompressed, SerializeSettings, serializeSplat, serializeViewer, ViewerExportSettings } from './splat-serialize';
 import { localize } from './ui/localization';
 
 // ts compiler and vscode find this type, but eslint does not
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ const initFileHandler = (scene: Scene, events: Events, dropTarget: HTMLElement,
         const splats = getSplats();
         const events = splats[0].scene.events;
 
-        const serializeSettings = {
+        const serializeSettings: SerializeSettings = {
             maxSHBands: events.invoke('view.bands')
         };
 
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ const initFileHandler = (scene: Scene, events: Events, dropTarget: HTMLElement,
                 await serializePly(splats, serializeSettings, writer);
                 break;
             case 'compressed-ply':
+                serializeSettings.minOpacity = 1 / 255;
+                serializeSettings.removeInvalid = true;
                 await serializePlyCompressed(splats, serializeSettings, writer);
                 break;
             case 'splat':
diff --git a/src/splat-serialize.ts b/src/splat-serialize.ts
index f4a60d3..3870627 100644
--- a/src/splat-serialize.ts
+++ b/src/splat-serialize.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type SerializeSettings = {
     maxSHBands?: number;            // specifies the maximum number of bands to be exported
     selected?: boolean;             // only export selected gaussians. used for copy/paste
     minOpacity?: number;            // filter out gaussians with alpha less than or equal to minAlpha
+    removeInvalid?: boolean;        // filter out gaussians with invalid data (NaN/Infinity)
 
     // the following options are used when serializing the PLY for document save
     // and are only supported by serializePly
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ class GaussianFilter {
     test: (i: number) => boolean;
 
     constructor(serializeSettings: SerializeSettings) {
-        let splat = null;
+        let splat: Splat = null;
         let state: Uint8Array = null;
         let opacity: Float32Array = null;
 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ class GaussianFilter {
 
         const onlySelected = serializeSettings.selected ?? false;
         const minOpacity = serializeSettings.minOpacity ?? 0;
+        const removeInvalid = serializeSettings.removeInvalid ?? false;
 
         this.test = (i: number) => {
             // splat is deleted, always removed
@@ -108,6 +110,22 @@ class GaussianFilter {
                 return false;
             }
 
+            if (removeInvalid) {
+                const { splatData } = splat;
+
+                // check if any property of the gaussian is NaN/Infinity
+                for (let j = 0; j < splatData.elements.length; ++j) {
+                    const element = splatData.elements[j];
+                    for (let k = 0; k < element.properties.length; ++k) {
+                        const prop = element.properties[k];
+                        const { storage } = prop;
+                        if (storage && !Number.isFinite(storage[i])) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             return true;
         };
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/publish-settings-dialog.ts b/src/ui/publish-settings-dialog.ts
index c8d7e26..e0dcd3b 100644
--- a/src/ui/publish-settings-dialog.ts
+++ b/src/ui/publish-settings-dialog.ts
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ class PublishSettingsDialog extends Container {
 
                     const serializeSettings = {
                         maxSHBands: bandsSlider.value,
-                        minOpacity: 1 / 255                 // remove completely semitransparent splats
+                        minOpacity: 1 / 255,                    // remove completely semitransparent splats
+                        removeInvalid: true                     // remove gaussians with any NaN data
                     };
 
                     resolve({