diff --git a/panda b/panda
index 546087125f..62db60595b 160000
--- a/panda
+++ b/panda
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 546087125ff72877e4273eef78aa03dae5244a22
+Subproject commit 62db60595bb5129cc2f295fdc42f2cda473777fd
diff --git a/selfdrive/boardd/pandad.py b/selfdrive/boardd/pandad.py
index e614432fad..7f84e44da6 100755
--- a/selfdrive/boardd/pandad.py
+++ b/selfdrive/boardd/pandad.py
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ def read_panda_logs(panda: Panda) -> None:
 
   log_state = {}
   try:
-    l = json.loads(params.get("PandaLogState"))
-    for k, v in l.items():
-      if isinstance(k, str) and isinstance(v, int):
-        log_state[k] = v
+    ls = params.get("PandaLogState")
+    if ls is not None:
+      l = json.loads(ls)
+      for k, v in l.items():
+        if isinstance(k, str) and isinstance(v, int):
+          log_state[k] = v
   except (TypeError, json.JSONDecodeError):
     cloudlog.exception("failed to parse PandaLogState")