diff --git a/selfdrive/test/update_ci_routes.py b/selfdrive/test/update_ci_routes.py
index 7e5217738f..ee9dde6ee5 100755
--- a/selfdrive/test/update_ci_routes.py
+++ b/selfdrive/test/update_ci_routes.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
 import subprocess
 from common.basedir import BASEDIR
 from azure.storage.blob import BlockBlobService
@@ -54,17 +55,16 @@ def sync_to_ci_public(route):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   failed_routes = []
 
-  # sync process replay routes
-  for s in replay_segments:
-    route_name, _ = s[1].rsplit('--', 1)
-    if not sync_to_ci_public(route_name):
-      failed_routes.append(route_name)
+  to_sync = sys.argv[1:]
 
-  # sync test_car_models routes
-  for r in list(test_car_models_routes.keys()):
+  if not len(to_sync):
+    # sync routes from test_car_models and process replay
+    to_sync.extend(test_car_models_routes.keys())
+    to_sync.extend([s[1].rsplit('--', 1)[0] for s in replay_segments])
+
+  for r in to_sync:
     if not sync_to_ci_public(r):
       failed_routes.append(r)
 
   if len(failed_routes):
-    print("failed routes:")
-    print(failed_routes)
+    print("failed routes:", failed_routes)