diff --git a/selfdrive/debug/filter_log_message.py b/selfdrive/debug/filter_log_message.py
index 452358cd5c..4ec41699ba 100755
--- a/selfdrive/debug/filter_log_message.py
+++ b/selfdrive/debug/filter_log_message.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+import os
 import argparse
 import json
 
 import cereal.messaging as messaging
-from tools.lib.robust_logreader import RobustLogReader as LogReader
+from tools.lib.logreader import LogReader
 from tools.lib.route import Route
 
 LEVELS = {
@@ -46,17 +47,20 @@ def print_androidlog(t, msg):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-
   parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
   parser.add_argument('--level', default='DEBUG')
   parser.add_argument('--addr', default='127.0.0.1')
   parser.add_argument("route", type=str, nargs='*', help="route name + segment number for offline usage")
   args = parser.parse_args()
+  print(args)
 
   logs = None
   if len(args.route):
-    r = Route(args.route[0])
-    logs = [q_log if r_log is None else r_log for (q_log, r_log) in zip(r.qlog_paths(), r.log_paths())]
+    if os.path.exists(args.route[0]):
+      logs = [args.route[0]]
+    else:
+      r = Route(args.route[0])
+      logs = [q_log if r_log is None else r_log for (q_log, r_log) in zip(r.qlog_paths(), r.log_paths())]
 
   if len(args.route) == 2 and logs:
     n = int(args.route[1])
diff --git a/tools/lib/logreader.py b/tools/lib/logreader.py
index 1ad9474701..b4d3de67fb 100755
--- a/tools/lib/logreader.py
+++ b/tools/lib/logreader.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import sys
 import bz2
 import urllib.parse
 import capnp
+import warnings
+
 
 from cereal import log as capnp_log
 from tools.lib.filereader import FileReader
@@ -70,9 +72,12 @@ class MultiLogIterator:
   def reset(self):
     self.__init__(self._log_paths, sort_by_time=self.sort_by_time)
 
+
 class LogReader:
   def __init__(self, fn, canonicalize=True, only_union_types=False, sort_by_time=False):
-    data_version = None
+    self.data_version = None
+    self._only_union_types = only_union_types
+
     _, ext = os.path.splitext(urllib.parse.urlparse(fn).path)
     with FileReader(fn) as f:
       dat = f.read()
@@ -86,10 +91,15 @@ class LogReader:
     else:
       raise Exception(f"unknown extension {ext}")
 
-    self._ents = list(sorted(ents, key=lambda x: x.logMonoTime) if sort_by_time else ents)
+    _ents = []
+    try:
+      for e in ents:
+        _ents.append(e)
+    except capnp.KjException:
+      warnings.warn("Corrupted events detected", RuntimeWarning)
+
+    self._ents = list(sorted(_ents, key=lambda x: x.logMonoTime) if sort_by_time else _ents)
     self._ts = [x.logMonoTime for x in self._ents]
-    self.data_version = data_version
-    self._only_union_types = only_union_types
 
   def __iter__(self):
     for ent in self._ents:
diff --git a/tools/lib/robust_logreader.py b/tools/lib/robust_logreader.py
deleted file mode 100755
index c7feb6c3ed..0000000000
--- a/tools/lib/robust_logreader.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import os
-import bz2
-import urllib.parse
-import subprocess
-import tqdm
-import glob
-from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-import capnp
-
-from tools.lib.logreader import FileReader, LogReader
-from cereal import log as capnp_log
-
-
-class RobustLogReader(LogReader):
-  def __init__(self, fn, canonicalize=True, only_union_types=False, sort_by_time=False):  # pylint: disable=super-init-not-called
-    data_version = None
-    _, ext = os.path.splitext(urllib.parse.urlparse(fn).path)
-    with FileReader(fn) as f:
-      dat = f.read()
-
-    if ext == "":
-      pass
-    elif ext == ".bz2":
-      try:
-        dat = bz2.decompress(dat)
-      except ValueError:
-        print("Failed to decompress, falling back to bzip2recover")
-        with TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
-          # Run bzip2recovery on log
-          with open(os.path.join(directory, 'out.bz2'), 'wb') as f:
-            f.write(dat)
-          subprocess.check_call(["bzip2recover", "out.bz2"], cwd=directory)
-
-          # Decompress and concatenate parts
-          dat = b""
-          for n in sorted(glob.glob(f"{directory}/rec*.bz2")):
-            print(f"Decompressing {n}")
-            with open(n, 'rb') as f:
-              dat += bz2.decompress(f.read())
-    else:
-      raise Exception(f"unknown extension {ext}")
-
-    progress = None
-    while True:
-      try:
-        ents = capnp_log.Event.read_multiple_bytes(dat)
-        self._ents = list(sorted(ents, key=lambda x: x.logMonoTime) if sort_by_time else ents)
-        break
-      except capnp.lib.capnp.KjException:
-        if progress is None:
-          progress = tqdm.tqdm(total=len(dat))
-
-        # Cut off bytes at the end until capnp is able to read
-        dat = dat[:-1]
-        progress.update(1)
-
-    self._ts = [x.logMonoTime for x in self._ents]
-    self.data_version = data_version
-    self._only_union_types = only_union_types
diff --git a/tools/plotjuggler/juggle.py b/tools/plotjuggler/juggle.py
index a2bf37bf0e..96ced28349 100755
--- a/tools/plotjuggler/juggle.py
+++ b/tools/plotjuggler/juggle.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import argparse
 
 from common.basedir import BASEDIR
 from selfdrive.test.process_replay.compare_logs import save_log
-from tools.lib.robust_logreader import RobustLogReader
+from tools.lib.logreader import LogReader
 from tools.lib.route import Route, SegmentName
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def load_segment(segment_name):
     return []
 
   try:
-    return list(RobustLogReader(segment_name))
+    return list(LogReader(segment_name))
   except ValueError as e:
     print(f"Error parsing {segment_name}: {e}")
     return []