diff --git a/BREAKING_CHANGES.md b/BREAKING_CHANGES.md
index 630f024..e9df07d 100644
--- a/BREAKING_CHANGES.md
+++ b/BREAKING_CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 - `CodecParameters`.`CodecType` and `CodecParameters`.`SetCodecType` have been removed, use `CodecParameters`.`MediaType` and `CodecParameters`.`SetMediaType` instead
 - `HardwareFrameContext`.`SetPixelFormat` has been replaced with `HardwareFrameContext`.`SetHardwarePixelFormat`
+- `FormatContext`.`SetInterruptCallback` has been replaced with `FormatContext`.`SetIOInterrupter`
 
 # v0.24.0
 
diff --git a/format_context.go b/format_context.go
index 1c191f9..f128fa2 100644
--- a/format_context.go
+++ b/format_context.go
@@ -102,10 +102,12 @@ func (fc *FormatContext) SetFlags(f FormatContextFlags) {
 }
 
 // https://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/7.0/structAVFormatContext.html#a5b37acfe4024d92ee510064e80920b40
-func (fc *FormatContext) SetInterruptCallback() IOInterrupter {
-	i := newDefaultIOInterrupter()
-	fc.c.interrupt_callback = i.c
-	return i
+func (fc *FormatContext) SetIOInterrupter(i *IOInterrupter) {
+	if i == nil {
+		fc.c.interrupt_callback = C.AVIOInterruptCB{}
+	} else {
+		fc.c.interrupt_callback = i.c
+	}
 }
 
 // https://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/7.0/structAVFormatContext.html#a6c01f25ef062e0398b0b55dd337246ed
diff --git a/format_context_test.go b/format_context_test.go
index f65f680..2effac9 100644
--- a/format_context_test.go
+++ b/format_context_test.go
@@ -89,9 +89,19 @@ func TestFormatContext(t *testing.T) {
 	fc4 := AllocFormatContext()
 	require.NotNil(t, fc4)
 	defer fc4.Free()
-	fc4.SetInterruptCallback().Interrupt()
+	ii1 := NewIOInterrupter()
+	fc4.SetIOInterrupter(ii1)
+	ii1.Interrupt()
 	require.ErrorIs(t, fc4.OpenInput("testdata/video.mp4", nil, nil), ErrExit)
 
+	fc9 := AllocFormatContext()
+	require.NotNil(t, fc9)
+	defer fc9.Free()
+	ii2 := NewIOInterrupter()
+	fc9.SetIOInterrupter(ii2)
+	fc9.SetIOInterrupter(nil)
+	require.NoError(t, fc4.OpenInput("testdata/video.mp4", nil, nil))
+
 	fc5 := AllocFormatContext()
 	require.NotNil(t, fc5)
 	defer fc5.Free()
diff --git a/io_interrupter.go b/io_interrupter.go
index 9ede1fe..88a5206 100644
--- a/io_interrupter.go
+++ b/io_interrupter.go
@@ -3,26 +3,25 @@ package astiav
 //#include "io_interrupter.h"
 import "C"
 
-type IOInterrupter interface {
-	Interrupt()
-	Resume()
-}
-
-type defaultIOInterrupter struct {
+type IOInterrupter struct {
 	c C.AVIOInterruptCB
 	i C.int
 }
 
-func newDefaultIOInterrupter() *defaultIOInterrupter {
-	i := &defaultIOInterrupter{}
+func NewIOInterrupter() *IOInterrupter {
+	i := &IOInterrupter{}
 	i.c = C.astiavNewInterruptCallback(&i.i)
 	return i
 }
 
-func (i *defaultIOInterrupter) Interrupt() {
+func (i *IOInterrupter) Interrupt() {
 	i.i = 1
 }
 
-func (i *defaultIOInterrupter) Resume() {
+func (i *IOInterrupter) Interrupted() bool {
+	return i.i == 1
+}
+
+func (i *IOInterrupter) Resume() {
 	i.i = 0
 }
diff --git a/io_interrupter_test.go b/io_interrupter_test.go
index 395688b..88f0bdd 100644
--- a/io_interrupter_test.go
+++ b/io_interrupter_test.go
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func TestDefaultIOInterrupter(t *testing.T) {
-	ii := newDefaultIOInterrupter()
-	require.Equal(t, 0, int(ii.i))
+func TestIOInterrupter(t *testing.T) {
+	ii := NewIOInterrupter()
+	require.False(t, ii.Interrupted())
 	ii.Interrupt()
-	require.Equal(t, 1, int(ii.i))
+	require.True(t, ii.Interrupted())
 	ii.Resume()
-	require.Equal(t, 0, int(ii.i))
+	require.False(t, ii.Interrupted())
 }