diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/ui.cc b/selfdrive/ui/ui.cc
index f98d7fc8..18707d88 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/ui.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/ui.cc
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ void Device::updateBrightness(const UIState &s, const FrogPilotUIState &fs) {
   int brightness = brightness_filter.update(clipped_brightness);
   if (!awake) {
     brightness = 0;
+  } else if (s.scene.started && frogpilot_toggles.value("screen_brightness_onroad").toInt() != 101) {
+    brightness = interactive_timeout > 0 ? fmax(5, frogpilot_toggles.value("screen_brightness_onroad").toInt()) : frogpilot_toggles.value("screen_brightness_onroad").toInt();
+  } else if (frogpilot_toggles.value("screen_brightness").toInt() != 101) {
+    brightness = frogpilot_toggles.value("screen_brightness").toInt();
   }
 
   if (brightness != last_brightness) {
@@ -239,6 +243,8 @@ void Device::updateWakefulness(const UIState &s, const FrogPilotUIState &fs) {
 
   if (ignition_just_turned_off) {
     resetInteractiveTimeout();
+  } else if (ignition_on && frogpilot_toggles.value("screen_brightness_onroad").toInt() == 0) {
+    resetInteractiveTimeout(0, 0);
   } else if (interactive_timeout > 0 && --interactive_timeout == 0) {
     emit interactiveTimeout();
   }