diff --git a/src/ckdb.c b/src/ckdb.c
index 663cf23d..abc7e4b0 100644
--- a/src/ckdb.c
+++ b/src/ckdb.c
@@ -2646,115 +2646,71 @@ static bool reload_line(PGconn *conn, char *filename, uint64_t count, char *buf)
 #define MAX_READ (10 * 1024 * 1024)
 static char *reload_buf;
 
-#define BZNAME ".bz2"
-
-static bool logline(char *buf, int siz, FILE *fp, BZFILE *bzf, char *filename)
+static bool logline(char *buf, int siz, FILE *fp, char *filename)
 {
-	static char *bzbuf = NULL;
-	static int bzpos, thisred;
-	static size_t bzlen;
-	char *ret, *ptr;
-	int bzerror, use;
-	bool repeat;
-
-	if (!bzf) {
-		ret = fgets_unlocked(buf, siz, fp);
-		if (!ret && ferror(fp)) {
-			int err = errno;
-			quithere(1, "Read failed on %s (%d) '%s'",
-				    filename, err, strerror(err));
-		}
-		if (ret)
-			return true;
-		else
-			return false;
-	}
+	char *ret;
 
-	if (!bzbuf) {
-		bzpos = 0;
-		bzlen = MAX_READ*2 + 1;
-		bzbuf = malloc(bzlen);
-		bzbuf[0] = '\0';
+	ret = fgets_unlocked(buf, siz, fp);
+	if (!ret && ferror(fp)) {
+		int err = errno;
+		quithere(1, "Read failed on %s (%d) '%s'",
+			    filename, err, strerror(err));
 	}
-
-	repeat = true;
-	// Read at least MAX_READ or to EOF
-	while (repeat && bzpos < MAX_READ) {
-		thisred = BZ2_bzRead(&bzerror, bzf, &(bzbuf[bzpos]), MAX_READ*2 - bzpos);
-		if (bzerror != BZ_OK && bzerror != BZ_STREAM_END) {
-			quithere(1, "Read failed on %s"BZNAME" (%d)",
-				    filename, bzerror);
-		}
-		bzpos += thisred;
-		bzbuf[bzpos] = '\0';
-		if (bzerror == BZ_STREAM_END || thisred == 0)
-			repeat = false;
-	}
-	/* Either EOF or a read returned 0
-	 *  with no buffered data left in both cases */
-	if (bzpos == 0)
+	if (ret)
+		return true;
+	else
 		return false;
-
-	ptr = bzbuf;
-	while (*ptr && *ptr != '\n' && *ptr != '\r')
-		ptr++;
-	/* This will lose blank lines except for the first line
-	 * - which is OK anyway since they are an error */
-	while (*ptr == '\n' || *ptr == '\r')
-		ptr++;
-	use = ptr - bzbuf;
-
-	// Return the 'line' (up to siz-1)
-	if (use > (siz - 1))
-		use = siz - 1;
-	memcpy(buf, bzbuf, use);
-	buf[use] = '\0';
-
-	// Buffer remainder
-	if (bzpos > use) {
-		bzpos -= use;
-		memmove(bzbuf, bzbuf+use, bzpos);
-		bzbuf[bzpos] = '\0';
-	} else {
-		bzpos = 0;
-		bzbuf[0] = '\0';
-	}
-	return true;
 }
 
-static bool logopen(char **filename, FILE **fp, BZFILE **bzf)
+static struct decomp {
+	char *ext;
+	char *fmt;
+} dec_list[] = {
+	{ ".bz2", "bzcat -q '%s'" },
+	{ ".gz",  "zcat -q '%s'" },
+	{ ".lrz", "lrzip -q -d -o - '%s'" },
+	{ NULL, NULL }
+};
+
+static bool logopen(char **filename, FILE **fp, bool *apipe)
 {
-	char *bzname;
+	char buf[1024];
+	char *name;
 	size_t len;
-	int bzerror;
+	int i;
+
+	*apipe = false;
 
-	*fp = *bzf = NULL;
+	*fp = NULL;
 	*fp = fopen(*filename, "re");
 	if (*fp)
 		return true;
 
-	len = strlen(*filename) + sizeof(BZNAME);
-	bzname = malloc(len + 1);
-	if (!bzname)
-		quithere(1, "(%d) OOM", (int)len);
-	strcpy(bzname, *filename);
-	strcat(bzname, BZNAME);
-
-	*fp = fopen(bzname, "re");
-	if (!(*fp)) {
-		free(bzname);
-		return false;
+	for (i = 0; dec_list[i].ext; i++) {
+		len = strlen(*filename) + strlen(dec_list[i].ext);
+		name = malloc(len + 1);
+		if (!name)
+			quithere(1, "(%d) OOM", (int)len);
+		strcpy(name, *filename);
+		strcat(name, dec_list[i].ext);
+		if (access(name, R_OK))
+			free(name);
+		else {
+			snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), dec_list[i].fmt, name);
+			*fp = popen(buf, "re");
+			if (!(*fp)) {
+				int errn = errno;
+				quithere(1, "Failed to pipe (%d) \"%s\"",
+					 errn, buf);
+			} else {
+				*apipe = true;
+				free(*filename);
+				*filename = name;
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
 	}
-
-	/* An error is fatal, since the file exists, it must be valid
-	 * Skipping files can cause major problems */
-	*bzf = BZ2_bzReadOpen(&bzerror, *fp, 0, 0, NULL, 0);
-	if (bzerror != BZ_OK)
-		quithere(1, "BZ2_bzReadOpen() failed for '%s' (%d)", bzname, bzerror);
-
-	free(*filename);
-	*filename = bzname;
-	return true;
+	return false;
 }
 
 /* If the reload start file is missing and -r was specified correctly:
@@ -2768,12 +2724,11 @@ static bool reload_from(tv_t *start)
 	char *missingfirst = NULL, *missinglast = NULL;
 	int missing_count;
 	int processing;
-	bool finished = false, matched = false, ret = true, ok;
+	bool finished = false, matched = false, ret = true, ok, apipe = false;
 	char *filename = NULL;
 	uint64_t count, total;
 	tv_t now;
 	FILE *fp = NULL;
-	BZFILE *bzf = NULL;
 
 	reload_buf = malloc(MAX_READ);
 	if (!reload_buf)
@@ -2789,8 +2744,8 @@ static bool reload_from(tv_t *start)
 	LOGWARNING("%s(): from %s (stamp %s)", __func__, buf, run);
 
 	filename = rotating_filename(restorefrom, reload_timestamp.tv_sec);
-	if (!logopen(&filename, &fp, &bzf))
-		quithere(1, "Failed to open '%s' (or "BZNAME")", filename);
+	if (!logopen(&filename, &fp, &apipe))
+		quithere(1, "Failed to open '%s'", filename);
 
 	setnow(&now);
 	tvs_to_buf(&now, run, sizeof(run));
@@ -2807,7 +2762,7 @@ static bool reload_from(tv_t *start)
 		count = 0;
 
 		while (!everyone_die && !matched &&
-			logline(reload_buf, MAX_READ, fp, bzf, filename))
+			logline(reload_buf, MAX_READ, fp, filename))
 				matched = reload_line(conn, filename, ++count, reload_buf);
 
 		LOGWARNING("%s(): %sread %"PRIu64" line%s from %s",
@@ -2816,7 +2771,10 @@ static bool reload_from(tv_t *start)
 			   count, count == 1 ? "" : "s",
 			   filename);
 		total += count;
-		fclose(fp);
+		if (apipe)
+			pclose(fp);
+		else
+			fclose(fp);
 		free(filename);
 		if (everyone_die || matched)
 			break;
@@ -2826,7 +2784,7 @@ static bool reload_from(tv_t *start)
 			break;
 		}
 		filename = rotating_filename(restorefrom, reload_timestamp.tv_sec);
-		ok = logopen(&filename, &fp, &bzf);
+		ok = logopen(&filename, &fp, &apipe);
 		if (!ok) {
 			missingfirst = strdup(filename);
 			FREENULL(filename);
@@ -2846,7 +2804,7 @@ static bool reload_from(tv_t *start)
 					break;
 				}
 				filename = rotating_filename(restorefrom, reload_timestamp.tv_sec);
-				ok = logopen(&filename, &fp, &bzf);
+				ok = logopen(&filename, &fp, &apipe);
 				if (ok)
 					break;
 				errno = 0;
diff --git a/src/ckdb.h b/src/ckdb.h
index 1826e0e6..0386852d 100644
--- a/src/ckdb.h
+++ b/src/ckdb.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #elif defined (HAVE_POSTGRESQL_LIBPQ_FE_H)
 #include <postgresql/libpq-fe.h>
 #endif
-#include <bzlib.h>
 
 #include "ckpool.h"
 #include "libckpool.h"
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@
 
 #define DB_VLOCK "1"
 #define DB_VERSION "0.9.6"
-#define CKDB_VERSION DB_VERSION"-0.720"
+#define CKDB_VERSION DB_VERSION"-0.730"
 
 #define WHERE_FFL " - from %s %s() line %d"
 #define WHERE_FFL_HERE __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__