diff --git a/tools/lib/helpers.py b/tools/lib/helpers.py
index 539d1ce34f..c184efe6a2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/tools/lib/helpers.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class RE:
   SEGMENT_NAME = r'{}(?:--|/)(?P<segment_num>[0-9]+)'.format(ROUTE_NAME)
   INDEX = r'-?[0-9]+'
   SLICE = r'(?P<start>{})?:?(?P<end>{})?:?(?P<step>{})?'.format(INDEX, INDEX, INDEX)
-  SEGMENT_RANGE = r'{}(?:--|/)?(?P<slice>({}))?'.format(ROUTE_NAME, SLICE)
+  SEGMENT_RANGE = r'{}(?:--|/)?(?P<slice>({}))?/?(?P<selector>([qr]))?'.format(ROUTE_NAME, SLICE)
   BOOTLOG_NAME = ROUTE_NAME
 
   EXPLORER_FILE = r'^(?P<segment_name>{})--(?P<file_name>[a-z]+\.[a-z0-9]+)$'.format(SEGMENT_NAME)
diff --git a/tools/lib/route.py b/tools/lib/route.py
index 17048773b2..d3df93ccda 100644
--- a/tools/lib/route.py
+++ b/tools/lib/route.py
@@ -251,3 +251,7 @@ class SegmentRange:
   @property
   def _slice(self):
     return self.m.group("slice")
+
+  @property
+  def selector(self):
+    return self.m.group("selector")
diff --git a/tools/lib/srreader.py b/tools/lib/srreader.py
index 9824e0466b..2c08072e98 100644
--- a/tools/lib/srreader.py
+++ b/tools/lib/srreader.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ from openpilot.tools.lib.helpers import RE
 from openpilot.tools.lib.logreader import LogReader
 from openpilot.tools.lib.route import Route, SegmentRange
 
-class ReadMode(enum.Enum):
-  RLOG = 0 # only read rlogs
-  QLOG = 1 # only read qlogs
-  #AUTO = 2 # default to rlogs, fallback to qlogs, not supported yet
+class ReadMode(enum.StrEnum):
+  RLOG = "r" # only read rlogs
+  QLOG = "q" # only read qlogs
+  #AUTO = "a" # default to rlogs, fallback to qlogs, not supported yet
 
 
 def create_slice_from_string(s: str):
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@ def auto_source(*args, **kwargs):
 
 
 class SegmentRangeReader:
-  def __init__(self, segment_range: str, mode=ReadMode.RLOG, source=auto_source, sort_by_time=False):
+  def __init__(self, segment_range: str, default_mode=ReadMode.RLOG, source=auto_source, sort_by_time=False):
     sr = SegmentRange(segment_range)
+
+    mode = default_mode if sr.selector is None else ReadMode(sr.selector)
+
     self.lrs = source(sr, mode, sort_by_time)
 
   def __iter__(self):
diff --git a/tools/lib/tests/test_srreader.py b/tools/lib/tests/test_srreader.py
index 2a017be6ae..84521ae219 100644
--- a/tools/lib/tests/test_srreader.py
+++ b/tools/lib/tests/test_srreader.py
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ class TestSegmentRangeReader(unittest.TestCase):
     self.assertListEqual(list(segs), expected)
 
   @parameterized.expand([
-    (f"{TEST_ROUTE}//",),
+    (f"{TEST_ROUTE}///",),
     (f"{TEST_ROUTE}---",),
     (f"{TEST_ROUTE}/-4:--2",),
     (f"{TEST_ROUTE}/-a",),
+    (f"{TEST_ROUTE}/j",),
     (f"{TEST_ROUTE}/0:1:2:3",),
     (f"{TEST_ROUTE}/:::3",),
   ])
@@ -49,14 +50,17 @@ class TestSegmentRangeReader(unittest.TestCase):
       sr = SegmentRange(segment_range)
       parse_slice(sr)
 
-  @parameterized.expand([
-    (ReadMode.QLOG, 11643),
-    (ReadMode.RLOG, 70577),
-  ])
-  def test_modes(self, mode, expected):
-    lr = SegmentRangeReader(TEST_ROUTE+"/0", mode)
+  def test_modes(self):
+    qlog_len = len(list(SegmentRangeReader(f"{TEST_ROUTE}/0", ReadMode.QLOG)))
+    rlog_len = len(list(SegmentRangeReader(f"{TEST_ROUTE}/0", ReadMode.RLOG)))
+
+    self.assertLess(qlog_len * 6, rlog_len)
+
+  def test_modes_from_name(self):
+    qlog_len = len(list(SegmentRangeReader(f"{TEST_ROUTE}/0/q")))
+    rlog_len = len(list(SegmentRangeReader(f"{TEST_ROUTE}/0/r")))
 
-    self.assertEqual(len(list(lr)), expected)
+    self.assertLess(qlog_len * 6, rlog_len)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":