diff --git a/neural_lam/models/ar_model.py b/neural_lam/models/ar_model.py
index f3769f19..2bb31c81 100644
--- a/neural_lam/models/ar_model.py
+++ b/neural_lam/models/ar_model.py
@@ -266,6 +266,45 @@ def unroll_prediction(self, init_states, forcing_features, true_states):
             pred_std = self.per_var_std  # (d_f,)
 
         return prediction, pred_std
+    
+    def _sync2skip(self, flag_skip):
+        # see below:
+        # https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/issues/5243#issuecomment-1552650013
+        # gathering a tensor across all workers and then reduce it using or
+        world_size = torch.distributed.get_world_size()
+        torch.distributed.barrier()
+        # now gather
+        result = [torch.zeros_like(flag_skip) for _ in range(world_size)]
+        torch.distributed.all_gather(result, flag_skip)
+        any_invalid = torch.sum(torch.stack(result)).bool().item()
+        return any_invalid
+
+    def _check_nan_inf_loss(self, loss, batch_id=None):
+        mask_nan_inf = torch.logical_or(torch.isnan(loss), ~torch.isfinite(loss))
+        if torch.any(mask_nan_inf):
+            # if any is invalid then we must flag this to all DDP processes
+            flag_skip = torch.ones((), device=loss.device, dtype=torch.bool)
+        else:
+            flag_skip = torch.zeros((), device=loss.device, dtype=torch.bool)
+
+        # sub-optimal but will do, till they fix it in
+        # https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/issues/5243#issuecomment-1552650013
+        any_invalid = self._sync2skip(flag_skip)
+        if any_invalid:
+            if self.nan_countdown >= 100:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    "Too many NaNs loss iterations encountered, stopping!"
+                )
+            logger.warning(
+                f"NaN loss in batch {batch_id} of epoch {self.current_epoch}, "
+                f"skipping the whole batch across all workers."
+            )
+            self.nan_countdown += 1
+        else:
+            # reset counter
+            self.nan_countdown = 1
+
+        return any_invalid
 
     def common_step(self, batch):
         """
@@ -298,6 +337,11 @@ def training_step(self, batch):
             )
         )  # mean over unrolled times and batch
 
+        any_invalid = self._check_nan_inf_loss(batch_loss)
+        if any_invalid:
+            # skip this batch altogether on all workers.
+            return None
+
         log_dict = {"train_loss": batch_loss}
         self.log_dict(
             log_dict,
@@ -336,6 +380,11 @@ def validation_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
         )  # (time_steps-1)
         mean_loss = torch.mean(time_step_loss)
 
+        any_invalid = self._check_nan_inf_loss(mean_loss, batch_idx)
+        if any_invalid:
+            # skip this batch altogether on all workers.
+            return None
+
         # Log loss per time step forward and mean
         val_log_dict = {
             f"val_loss_unroll{step}": time_step_loss[step - 1]