diff --git a/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer.go b/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer.go
index d875dd54b..f84a58c74 100644
--- a/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer.go
+++ b/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer.go
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ func (m *LogBuffer) loopInterval() {
 		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()
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer_test.go b/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer_test.go
index bf1d51703..f9ccc95c2 100644
--- a/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer_test.go
+++ b/weed/util/log_buffer/log_buffer_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestNewLogBufferFirstBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 	startTime := time.Now()
 
 	messageSize := 1024
-	messageCount := 100
+	messageCount := 5000
 	var buf = make([]byte, messageSize)
 	for i := 0; i < messageCount; i++ {
 		rand.Read(buf)
diff --git a/weed/util/log_buffer/sealed_buffer.go b/weed/util/log_buffer/sealed_buffer.go
index c5160fad0..e412b5f32 100644
--- a/weed/util/log_buffer/sealed_buffer.go
+++ b/weed/util/log_buffer/sealed_buffer.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import "time"
 
 type MemBuffer struct {
 	buf       []byte
+	size      int
 	startTime time.Time
 	stopTime  time.Time
 }
@@ -25,16 +26,30 @@ func newSealedBuffers(size int) *SealedBuffers {
 	return sbs
 }
 
-func (sbs *SealedBuffers) SealBuffer(startTime, stopTime time.Time, buf []byte) (newBuf []byte) {
+func (sbs *SealedBuffers) SealBuffer(startTime, stopTime time.Time, buf []byte, pos int) (newBuf []byte) {
 	oldMemBuffer := sbs.buffers[0]
 	size := len(sbs.buffers)
 	for i := 0; i < size-1; i++ {
 		sbs.buffers[i].buf = sbs.buffers[i+1].buf
+		sbs.buffers[i].size = sbs.buffers[i+1].size
 		sbs.buffers[i].startTime = sbs.buffers[i+1].startTime
 		sbs.buffers[i].stopTime = sbs.buffers[i+1].stopTime
 	}
 	sbs.buffers[size-1].buf = buf
+	sbs.buffers[size-1].size = pos
 	sbs.buffers[size-1].startTime = startTime
 	sbs.buffers[size-1].stopTime = stopTime
 	return oldMemBuffer.buf
 }
+
+func (mb *MemBuffer) locateByTs(lastReadTime time.Time) (pos int) {
+	lastReadTs := lastReadTime.UnixNano()
+	for pos < len(mb.buf) {
+		size, t := readTs(mb.buf, pos)
+		if t > lastReadTs {
+			return
+		}
+		pos += size + 4
+	}
+	return len(mb.buf)
+}