diff --git a/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer.go b/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer.go
index f84a58c74..e733ddc75 100644
--- a/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer.go
+++ b/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer.go
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ func (m *LogBuffer) AddToBuffer(partitionKey, data []byte) {
 	copy(m.buf[m.pos:m.pos+4], m.sizeBuf)
 	copy(m.buf[m.pos+4:m.pos+4+size], logEntryData)
 	m.pos += size + 4
+
+	// fmt.Printf("entry size %d total %d count %d\n", size, m.pos, len(m.idx))
+
 }
 
 func (m *LogBuffer) Shutdown() {
@@ -117,16 +120,12 @@ func (m *LogBuffer) loopFlush() {
 
 func (m *LogBuffer) loopInterval() {
 	for !m.isStopping {
+		time.Sleep(m.flushInterval)
 		m.Lock()
+		// println("loop interval")
 		toFlush := m.copyToFlush()
 		m.Unlock()
 		m.flushChan <- toFlush
-		time.Sleep(m.flushInterval)
-		if m.notifyFn != nil {
-			// check whether blocked clients are already disconnected
-			println("notifying log buffer readers")
-			m.notifyFn()
-		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -139,7 +138,8 @@ func (m *LogBuffer) copyToFlush() *dataToFlush {
 			stopTime:  m.stopTime,
 			data:      copiedBytes(m.buf[:m.pos]),
 		}
-		m.buf = m.prevBuffers.SealBuffer(m.startTime, m.stopTime, m.buf)
+		// fmt.Printf("flusing [0,%d) with %d entries\n", m.pos, len(m.idx))
+		m.buf = m.prevBuffers.SealBuffer(m.startTime, m.stopTime, m.buf, m.pos)
 		m.pos = 0
 		m.idx = m.idx[:0]
 		return d
@@ -166,6 +166,20 @@ func (m *LogBuffer) ReadFromBuffer(lastReadTime time.Time) (bufferCopy *bytes.Bu
 		return nil
 	}
 	if lastReadTime.Before(m.startTime) {
+		// println("checking ", lastReadTime.UnixNano())
+		for i, buf := range m.prevBuffers.buffers {
+			if buf.startTime.After(lastReadTime) {
+				if i == 0 {
+					println("return the earliest in memory")
+					return copiedBytes(buf.buf[:buf.size])
+				}
+				return copiedBytes(buf.buf[:buf.size])
+			}
+			if !buf.startTime.After(lastReadTime) && buf.stopTime.After(lastReadTime) {
+				pos := buf.locateByTs(lastReadTime)
+				return copiedBytes(buf.buf[pos:])
+			}
+		}
 		return copiedBytes(m.buf[:m.pos])
 	}
 
@@ -227,16 +241,16 @@ func copiedBytes(buf []byte) (copied *bytes.Buffer) {
 	return
 }
 
-func readTs(buf []byte, pos int) (*filer_pb.LogEntry, int64) {
+func readTs(buf []byte, pos int) (size int, ts int64) {
 
-	size := util.BytesToUint32(buf[pos : pos+4])
-	entryData := buf[pos+4 : pos+4+int(size)]
+	size = int(util.BytesToUint32(buf[pos : pos+4]))
+	entryData := buf[pos+4 : pos+4+size]
 	logEntry := &filer_pb.LogEntry{}
 
 	err := proto.Unmarshal(entryData, logEntry)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("unexpected unmarshal filer_pb.LogEntry: %v", err)
 	}
-	return logEntry, logEntry.TsNs
+	return size, logEntry.TsNs
 
 }