diff --git a/selfdrive/debug/dump.py b/selfdrive/debug/dump.py
index 514a415577..787e9bc738 100755
--- a/selfdrive/debug/dump.py
+++ b/selfdrive/debug/dump.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import codecs
 from hexdump import hexdump
 from cereal import log
 from cereal.services import SERVICE_LIST
-from openpilot.tools.lib.logreader import raw_live_logreader
+from openpilot.tools.lib.live_logreader import raw_live_logreader
 
 
 codecs.register_error("strict", codecs.backslashreplace_errors)
diff --git a/tools/lib/live_logreader.py b/tools/lib/live_logreader.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0678fd1d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/live_logreader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import os
+from typing import List
+from cereal import log as capnp_log, messaging
+from cereal.services import SERVICE_LIST
+
+from openpilot.tools.lib.logreader import LogIterable, RawLogIterable
+
+
+ALL_SERVICES = list(SERVICE_LIST.keys())
+
+def raw_live_logreader(services: List[str] = ALL_SERVICES, addr: str = '127.0.0.1') -> RawLogIterable:
+  if addr != "127.0.0.1":
+    os.environ["ZMQ"] = "1"
+    messaging.context = messaging.Context()
+
+  poller = messaging.Poller()
+
+  for m in services:
+    messaging.sub_sock(m, poller, addr=addr)
+
+  while True:
+    polld = poller.poll(100)
+    for sock in polld:
+      msg = sock.receive()
+      yield msg
+
+
+def live_logreader(services: List[str] = ALL_SERVICES, addr: str = '127.0.0.1') -> LogIterable:
+  for m in raw_live_logreader(services, addr):
+    with capnp_log.Event.from_bytes(m) as evt:
+      yield evt
diff --git a/tools/lib/logreader.py b/tools/lib/logreader.py
index 24dfc75d47..f7548b8c0f 100755
--- a/tools/lib/logreader.py
+++ b/tools/lib/logreader.py
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ import warnings
 from typing import Dict, Iterable, Iterator, List, Type
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
-from cereal import log as capnp_log, messaging
-from cereal.services import SERVICE_LIST
+from cereal import log as capnp_log
 from openpilot.common.swaglog import cloudlog
 from openpilot.tools.lib.comma_car_segments import get_url as get_comma_segments_url
 from openpilot.tools.lib.openpilotci import get_url
@@ -294,31 +293,6 @@ are uploaded or auto fallback to qlogs with '/a' selector at the end of the rout
     return next(self.filter(msg_type), None)
 
 
-ALL_SERVICES = list(SERVICE_LIST.keys())
-
-def raw_live_logreader(services: List[str] = ALL_SERVICES, addr: str = '127.0.0.1') -> RawLogIterable:
-  if addr != "127.0.0.1":
-    os.environ["ZMQ"] = "1"
-    messaging.context = messaging.Context()
-
-  poller = messaging.Poller()
-
-  for m in services:
-    messaging.sub_sock(m, poller, addr=addr)
-
-  while True:
-    polld = poller.poll(100)
-    for sock in polld:
-      msg = sock.receive()
-      yield msg
-
-
-def live_logreader(services: List[str] = ALL_SERVICES, addr: str = '127.0.0.1') -> LogIterable:
-  for m in raw_live_logreader(services, addr):
-    with capnp_log.Event.from_bytes(m) as evt:
-      yield evt
-
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   import codecs
   # capnproto <= 0.8.0 throws errors converting byte data to string