diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/replay/logreader.cc b/selfdrive/ui/replay/logreader.cc
index 8e2836a4ff755e..d836ef11f87301 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/replay/logreader.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/replay/logreader.cc
@@ -56,15 +56,17 @@ bool LogReader::load(const std::string &url, std::atomic<bool> *abort, bool loca
 }
 
 bool LogReader::load(const std::byte *data, size_t size, std::atomic<bool> *abort) {
-  raw_ = decompressBZ2(data, size);
+  raw_ = decompressBZ2(data, size, abort);
   if (raw_.empty()) {
-    std::cout << "failed to decompress log" << std::endl;
+    if (!(abort && *abort)) {
+      std::cout << "failed to decompress log" << std::endl;
+    }
     return false;
   }
 
   try {
     kj::ArrayPtr<const capnp::word> words((const capnp::word *)raw_.data(), raw_.size() / sizeof(capnp::word));
-    while (words.size() > 0) {
+    while (words.size() > 0 && !(abort && *abort)) {
 
 #ifdef HAS_MEMORY_RESOURCE
       Event *evt = new (mbr_) Event(words);
@@ -91,11 +93,14 @@ bool LogReader::load(const std::byte *data, size_t size, std::atomic<bool> *abor
     }
   } catch (const kj::Exception &e) {
     std::cout << "failed to parse log : " << e.getDescription().cStr() << std::endl;
-    if (events.empty()) return false;
-
-    std::cout << "read " << events.size() << " events from corrupt log" << std::endl;
+    if (!events.empty()) {
+      std::cout << "read " << events.size() << " events from corrupt log" << std::endl;
+    }
   }
 
-  std::sort(events.begin(), events.end(), Event::lessThan());
-  return true;
+  if (!events.empty() && !(abort && *abort)) {
+    std::sort(events.begin(), events.end(), Event::lessThan());
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
 }
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/replay/util.cc b/selfdrive/ui/replay/util.cc
index 97e824ea29c165..f1c41fcba0f88c 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/replay/util.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/replay/util.cc
@@ -192,11 +192,11 @@ bool httpDownload(const std::string &url, const std::string &file, size_t chunk_
   return httpDownload(url, of, chunk_size, size, abort);
 }
 
-std::string decompressBZ2(const std::string &in) {
-  return decompressBZ2((std::byte *)in.data(), in.size());
+std::string decompressBZ2(const std::string &in, std::atomic<bool> *abort) {
+  return decompressBZ2((std::byte *)in.data(), in.size(), abort);
 }
 
-std::string decompressBZ2(const std::byte *in, size_t in_size) {
+std::string decompressBZ2(const std::byte *in, size_t in_size, std::atomic<bool> *abort) {
   if (in_size == 0) return {};
 
   bz_stream strm = {};
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@ std::string decompressBZ2(const std::byte *in, size_t in_size) {
     if (bzerror == BZ_OK && strm.avail_in > 0 && strm.avail_out == 0) {
       out.resize(out.size() * 2);
     }
-  } while (bzerror == BZ_OK);
+  } while (bzerror == BZ_OK && !(abort && *abort));
 
   BZ2_bzDecompressEnd(&strm);
-  if (bzerror == BZ_STREAM_END) {
+  if (bzerror == BZ_STREAM_END && !(abort && *abort)) {
     out.resize(strm.total_out_lo32);
     return out;
   }
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/replay/util.h b/selfdrive/ui/replay/util.h
index 726e65cb9430a3..1a09f2e971346f 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/replay/util.h
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/replay/util.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 std::string sha256(const std::string &str);
 void precise_nano_sleep(long sleep_ns);
-std::string decompressBZ2(const std::string &in);
-std::string decompressBZ2(const std::byte *in, size_t in_size);
+std::string decompressBZ2(const std::string &in, std::atomic<bool> *abort = nullptr);
+std::string decompressBZ2(const std::byte *in, size_t in_size, std::atomic<bool> *abort = nullptr);
 void enableHttpLogging(bool enable);
 std::string getUrlWithoutQuery(const std::string &url);
 size_t getRemoteFileSize(const std::string &url);