diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModal3D/utilities/loadPreviewOnCanvas.ts b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModal3D/utilities/loadPreviewOnCanvas.ts
index b4de63ba2d..1f8ef100d7 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModal3D/utilities/loadPreviewOnCanvas.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModal3D/utilities/loadPreviewOnCanvas.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ interface LoaderInterface {
   statusCallback: (statusObject: { type: string; message?: string }) => void;
 }
 
+interface PreviewReturn {
+  renderer: THREE.WebGLRenderer;
+}
+
 export const loadPreviewOnCanvas = ({
   file,
   canvas,
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ export const loadPreviewOnCanvas = ({
   file: File;
   canvas: HTMLCanvasElement;
   statusCallback: (error: { type: string; message?: string }) => void;
-}) => {
+}): PreviewReturn => {
   // Setup of scene, camera, and renderer in the canvas
   const scene = new THREE.Scene();
 
@@ -74,8 +78,12 @@ export const loadPreviewOnCanvas = ({
     file.arrayBuffer().then((arrayBuffer) => {
       splatMesh = new SplatMesh({
         fileBytes: arrayBuffer, fileType: SplatFileType.SPZ,
-        onLoad: () => { scene.add(splatMesh) }
+        onLoad: () => { scene.add(splatMesh!) }
       });
+
+      if (file.name.split(".")[0].endsWith("ceramic")) {
+        splatMesh.rotateX(Math.PI);
+      }
     }).catch((loaderError) => {
       statusCallback({
         type: "SPLAT Loader Error",
@@ -100,6 +108,8 @@ export const loadPreviewOnCanvas = ({
     splatMesh?.rotateY(0.01);
   };
   renderer.setAnimationLoop(animate);
+
+  return { renderer };
 };
 
 const glbLoader = ({
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModalSplat/UploadFilesSplat.tsx b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModalSplat/UploadFilesSplat.tsx
index a4a832903b..9a9228d871 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModalSplat/UploadFilesSplat.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModalSplat/UploadFilesSplat.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { FilterEngineCategories, MediaFileAnimationType, UploaderStates } from "
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { faCube } from "@fortawesome/pro-solid-svg-icons";
 import { loadPreviewOnCanvas, snapshotCanvasAsThumbnail } from "../UploadModal3D/utilities";
+import { WebGLRenderer } from "three";
 
 interface Props {
   title: string;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ interface Props {
   };
   onClose: () => void;
   onUploadProgress: (newState: UploaderState) => void;
-  onLocalBytes: (bytes: ArrayBuffer) => void;
+  onLocalBytes: (bytes: ArrayBuffer, shouldFlip) => void;
 }
 
 export const UploadFilesSplat = ({
@@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ export const UploadFilesSplat = ({
     // Use the filename as the title
     const title = assetFile.value.name.split(".")[0];
 
+    const shouldFlip = title.endsWith("ceramic");
+
     assetFile.value.arrayBuffer().then((arrayBuffer) => {
-      onLocalBytes(arrayBuffer);
+      onLocalBytes(arrayBuffer, shouldFlip);
     }).catch((error) => {
       console.error("Error reading file as ArrayBuffer:", error);
     });
@@ -102,14 +105,21 @@ export const UploadFilesSplat = ({
   }, [fileSubtypes]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    let renderer: WebGLRenderer | null = null;
+
     if (canvasRef.current && assetFile.value) {
-      loadPreviewOnCanvas({
+      renderer = loadPreviewOnCanvas({
         file: assetFile.value,
         canvas: canvasRef.current,
         statusCallback: (statusObject: { type: string; message?: string }) => {
           setPreviewStatus(statusObject);
         },
-      });
+      }).renderer;
+    }
+
+    return () => {
+      renderer?.setAnimationLoop(null);
+      renderer?.dispose();
     }
   }, [assetFile.value]);
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModalSplat/UploadModalSplat.tsx b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModalSplat/UploadModalSplat.tsx
index 35151c908a..e8f7ab7ee1 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModalSplat/UploadModalSplat.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/components/reusable/UploadModalSplat/UploadModalSplat.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { UploadFilesSplat } from "./UploadFilesSplat";
 
 interface Props {
   onClose: () => void;
-  onSuccess: (splatArrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer) => void;
+  onSuccess: (splatArrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer, shouldFlip: boolean) => void;
   isOpen: boolean;
   title: string;
   titleIcon: IconDefinition;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export function UploadModalSplat(props: Props) {
               }}
               onClose={onClose}
               onUploadProgress={updateUploaderState}
-              onLocalBytes={(buffer) => { onSuccess(buffer); }}
+              onLocalBytes={(buffer, shouldFlip) => { onSuccess(buffer, shouldFlip); }}
             />
           </div>
         );
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/Editor/timeline.ts b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/Editor/timeline.ts
index 28c79e93c4..7e35604743 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/Editor/timeline.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/Editor/timeline.ts
@@ -402,8 +402,13 @@ export class TimeLine {
 
   // This method is for local dev testing of objects
   // and bypasses the queue system, that's kinda redundant anyway
-  public addLocalSplat(fileBytes: ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array) {
+  public addLocalSplat(fileBytes: ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array, flipVertical: boolean = false) {
     const splatMesh = new SplatMesh({ fileBytes: fileBytes });
+
+    if (flipVertical) {
+      splatMesh.rotateX(Math.PI);
+    }
+
     this.editorEngine.sceneManager?.scene.scene.add(splatMesh);
   }
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/comps/Controls3D/Controls3D.tsx b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/comps/Controls3D/Controls3D.tsx
index f64a9e5c46..31898ad82d 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/comps/Controls3D/Controls3D.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/comps/Controls3D/Controls3D.tsx
@@ -410,9 +410,9 @@ export const Controls3D = () => {
       <UploadModalSplat
         isOpen={uploadSplatIsShowing}
         onClose={() => setUploadSplatIsShowing(false)}
-        onSuccess={(buffer) => {
+        onSuccess={(buffer, shouldFlip) => {
           setUploadSplatIsShowing(false)
-          editorEngine?.timeline.addLocalSplat(buffer);
+          editorEngine?.timeline.addLocalSplat(buffer, shouldFlip);
         }}
         title="Upload an spz file"
         titleIcon={faCube}