diff --git a/pipelinerl/streams.py b/pipelinerl/streams.py
index 632b760e..75371a3e 100644
--- a/pipelinerl/streams.py
+++ b/pipelinerl/streams.py
@@ -299,8 +299,10 @@ def read_jsonl_stream(f: TextIO, retry_delay: float = _REREAD_DELAY) -> Iterator
 
 
 class FileStreamReader(StreamReader):
-    def __init__(self, stream: SingleStreamSpec):
+    def __init__(self, stream: SingleStreamSpec, skip_corrupted: bool = True, max_retries: int = 10):
         self.stream = stream
+        self.skip_corrupted = skip_corrupted
+        self.max_retries = max_retries
 
     def __enter__(self):
         _file_dir = stream_dir(self.stream.exp_path, self.stream.topic, self.stream.instance, self.stream.partition)
@@ -317,22 +319,37 @@ def __enter__(self):
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
         self._file.close()
 
+    def _skip_to_next_line(self, position: int) -> int:
+        """
+        Skip to the next newline character after the given position.
+        Returns the new position after the newline, or the current position if at EOF.
+        """
+        self._file.seek(position)
+        # Read until we find a newline
+        while True:
+            char = self._file.read(1)
+            if not char:
+                # EOF reached
+                return self._file.tell()
+            if char == '\n':
+                return self._file.tell()
+
     def read(self):
         retry_time = 0.01
         cur_retries = 0
-        max_retries = 10
         while True:
             try:
                 for line in read_jsonl_stream(self._file):
                     yield line
                     cur_retries = 0
+                    retry_time = 0.01
             except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-                # Sometimes when the stream file is being written to as the as time as we reading it,
+                # Sometimes when the stream file is being written to at the same time as we're reading it,
                 # we get lines like \0x00\0x00\0x00\0x00\0x00\0x00\0x00\0x00 that break the JSON decoder.
                 # We have to reopen the file and seek to the previous position to try again.
-                if cur_retries < max_retries:
+                if cur_retries < self.max_retries:
                     logger.warning(
-                        f"Could not decode JSON from {self.stream}, might have run into end of the file. Will reopen the file and retry ({cur_retries}/{max_retries}), starting from position {e.position})"
+                        f"Could not decode JSON from {self.stream}, might have run into end of the file. Will reopen the file and retry ({cur_retries}/{self.max_retries}), starting from position {e.position})"
                     )  # type: ignore
                     time.sleep(retry_time)
                     self._file.close()
@@ -342,8 +359,25 @@ def read(self):
                     cur_retries += 1
                     continue
                 else:
-                    logger.error(f"Error reading stream {self.stream}, giving up after {max_retries} retries")
-                    raise e
+                    # After max retries, the data is likely corrupted (not just a partial write).
+                    if self.skip_corrupted:
+                        # Skip to the next line and try to continue reading
+                        new_position = self._skip_to_next_line(e.position)
+                        logger.error(
+                            f"Corrupted data in stream {self.stream} at position {e.position}, "
+                            f"skipping to position {new_position} and continuing. "
+                            f"Error was: {e.msg}"
+                        )
+                        self._file.close()
+                        self._file = open(self._file_path, "r")
+                        self._file.seek(new_position)
+                        # Reset retry counters for the next potential corruption
+                        cur_retries = 0
+                        retry_time = 0.01
+                        continue
+                    else:
+                        logger.error(f"Error reading stream {self.stream}, giving up after {self.max_retries} retries")
+                        raise e
 
 
 class RoundRobinFileStreamWriter(StreamWriter):