diff --git a/server/TracyView.cpp b/server/TracyView.cpp
index 3e1c1192..712a3cf1 100755
--- a/server/TracyView.cpp
+++ b/server/TracyView.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "../common/TracyProtocol.hpp"
 #include "../common/TracySystem.hpp"
 #include "../common/TracyQueue.hpp"
+#include "TracyFileRead.hpp"
 #include "TracyFileWrite.hpp"
 #include "TracyImGui.hpp"
 #include "TracyView.hpp"
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ View::View( const char* addr )
     , m_shutdown( false )
     , m_connected( false )
     , m_hasData( false )
+    , m_staticView( false )
     , m_zonesCnt( 0 )
     , m_mbps( 64 )
     , m_stream( LZ4_createStreamDecode() )
@@ -59,10 +61,102 @@ View::View( const char* addr )
     SetThreadName( m_thread, "Tracy View" );
 }
 
+View::View( FileRead& f )
+    : m_shutdown( false )
+    , m_connected( false )
+    , m_hasData( true )
+    , m_staticView( true )
+    , m_zonesCnt( 0 )
+    , m_frameScale( 0 )
+    , m_pause( false )
+    , m_frameStart( 0 )
+    , m_zvStart( 0 )
+    , m_zvEnd( 0 )
+    , m_zoneInfoWindow( nullptr )
+{
+    assert( s_instance == nullptr );
+    s_instance = this;
+
+    f.Read( &m_delay, sizeof( m_delay ) );
+    f.Read( &m_resolution, sizeof( m_resolution ) );
+    f.Read( &m_timerMul, sizeof( m_timerMul ) );
+
+    uint64_t sz;
+    f.Read( &sz, sizeof( sz ) );
+    for( uint64_t i=0; i<sz; i++ )
+    {
+        uint64_t v;
+        f.Read( &v, sizeof( v ) );
+        m_frames.push_back( v );
+    }
+
+    f.Read( &sz, sizeof( sz ) );
+    for( uint64_t i=0; i<sz; i++ )
+    {
+        uint64_t ptr;
+        f.Read( &ptr, sizeof( ptr ) );
+        uint64_t ssz;
+        f.Read( &ssz, sizeof( ssz ) );
+        char tmp[16*1024];
+        f.Read( tmp, ssz );
+        m_strings.emplace( ptr, std::string( tmp, tmp+ssz ) );
+    }
+
+    f.Read( &sz, sizeof( sz ) );
+    for( uint64_t i=0; i<sz; i++ )
+    {
+        uint64_t ptr;
+        f.Read( &ptr, sizeof( ptr ) );
+        uint64_t ssz;
+        f.Read( &ssz, sizeof( ssz ) );
+        char tmp[16*1024];
+        f.Read( tmp, ssz );
+        m_threadNames.emplace( ptr, std::string( tmp, tmp+ssz ) );
+    }
+
+    std::unordered_map<uint64_t, const char*> stringMap;
+
+    f.Read( &sz, sizeof( sz ) );
+    for( uint64_t i=0; i<sz; i++ )
+    {
+        uint64_t ptr;
+        f.Read( &ptr, sizeof( ptr ) );
+        uint64_t ssz;
+        f.Read( &ssz, sizeof( ssz ) );
+        auto dst = new char[ssz+1];
+        f.Read( dst, ssz );
+        dst[ssz] = '\0';
+        m_customStrings.emplace( dst );
+        stringMap.emplace( ptr, dst );
+    }
+
+    f.Read( &sz, sizeof( sz ) );
+    for( uint64_t i=0; i<sz; i++ )
+    {
+        uint64_t ptr;
+        f.Read( &ptr, sizeof( ptr ) );
+        QueueSourceLocation srcloc;
+        f.Read( &srcloc, sizeof( srcloc ) );
+        m_sourceLocation.emplace( ptr, srcloc );
+    }
+
+    f.Read( &sz, sizeof( sz ) );
+    for( uint64_t i=0; i<sz; i++ )
+    {
+        auto td = new ThreadData;
+        f.Read( &td->id, sizeof( td->id ) );
+        ReadTimeline( f, td->timeline, nullptr, stringMap );
+        m_threads.push_back( td );
+    }
+}
+
 View::~View()
 {
     m_shutdown.store( true, std::memory_order_relaxed );
-    m_thread.join();
+    if( !m_staticView )
+    {
+        m_thread.join();
+    }
 
     delete[] m_buffer;
     LZ4_freeStreamDecode( m_stream );
@@ -703,7 +797,10 @@ void View::DrawImpl()
         return;
     }
 
-    DrawConnection();
+    if( !m_staticView )
+    {
+        DrawConnection();
+    }
 
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock( m_lock );
     ImGui::Begin( "Profiler", nullptr, ImGuiWindowFlags_ShowBorders );
@@ -1472,6 +1569,10 @@ void View::ZoneTooltip( const Event& ev )
 
 void View::Write( FileWrite& f )
 {
+    f.Write( &m_delay, sizeof( m_delay ) );
+    f.Write( &m_resolution, sizeof( m_resolution ) );
+    f.Write( &m_timerMul, sizeof( m_timerMul ) );
+
     uint64_t sz = m_frames.size();
     f.Write( &sz, sizeof( sz ) );
     f.Write( m_frames.data(), sizeof( uint64_t ) * sz );
@@ -1551,4 +1652,39 @@ void View::WriteTimeline( FileWrite& f, const Vector<Event*>& vec )
     }
 }
 
+void View::ReadTimeline( FileRead& f, Vector<Event*>& vec, Event* parent, const std::unordered_map<uint64_t, const char*> stringMap )
+{
+    uint64_t sz;
+    f.Read( &sz, sizeof( sz ) );
+
+    for( uint64_t i=0; i<sz; i++ )
+    {
+        auto zone = m_slab.Alloc<Event>();
+        vec.push_back( zone );
+
+        f.Read( &zone->start, sizeof( zone->start ) );
+        f.Read( &zone->end, sizeof( zone->end ) );
+        f.Read( &zone->srcloc, sizeof( zone->srcloc ) );
+
+        uint8_t flag;
+        f.Read( &flag, sizeof( flag ) );
+        if( flag )
+        {
+            zone->text = new TextData;
+            uint64_t ptr;
+            f.Read( &ptr, sizeof( ptr ) );
+            zone->text->userText = ptr == 0 ? nullptr : stringMap.find( ptr )->second;
+            f.Read( &zone->text->zoneName, sizeof( zone->text->zoneName ) );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            zone->text = nullptr;
+        }
+
+        zone->parent = parent;
+
+        ReadTimeline( f, zone->child, zone, stringMap );
+    }
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/server/TracyView.hpp b/server/TracyView.hpp
index cd2c4a02..0532f8f5 100755
--- a/server/TracyView.hpp
+++ b/server/TracyView.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace tracy
 {
 
 struct QueueItem;
+class FileRead;
 class FileWrite;
 
 class View
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ class View
 public:
     View() : View( "127.0.0.1" ) {}
     View( const char* addr );
+    View( FileRead& f );
     ~View();
 
     static bool ShouldExit();
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ private:
 
     void Write( FileWrite& f );
     void WriteTimeline( FileWrite& f, const Vector<Event*>& vec );
+    void ReadTimeline( FileRead& f, Vector<Event*>& vec, Event* parent, const std::unordered_map<uint64_t, const char*> stringMap );
 
     std::string m_addr;
 
@@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ private:
     std::atomic<bool> m_shutdown;
     std::atomic<bool> m_connected;
     std::atomic<bool> m_hasData;
+    bool m_staticView;
 
     // this block must be locked
     std::mutex m_lock;
diff --git a/standalone/src/main.cpp b/standalone/src/main.cpp
index 3045f695..277fa882 100755
--- a/standalone/src/main.cpp
+++ b/standalone/src/main.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include "../nfd/nfd.h"
 
+#include "../../server/TracyFileRead.hpp"
 #include "../../server/TracyView.hpp"
 
 static void error_callback(int error, const char* description)
@@ -69,7 +70,11 @@ int main(int, char**)
                 auto res = NFD_OpenDialog( "tracy", nullptr, &fn );
                 if( res == NFD_OKAY )
                 {
-
+                    auto f = std::unique_ptr<tracy::FileRead>( tracy::FileRead::Open( fn ) );
+                    if( f )
+                    {
+                        view = std::make_unique<tracy::View>( *f );
+                    }
                 }
             }
             ImGui::End();