2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sway/config.c b/sway/config.c
index f06d55f8..44943769 100644
--- a/sway/config.c
+++ b/sway/config.c
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ bool read_config(FILE *file, bool is_active) {
         while (!feof(file)) {
                 int _;
                 char *line = read_line(file);
-                line = strip_whitespace(line, &_);
                 line = strip_comments(line);
+                line = strip_whitespace(line, &_);
                 if (!line[0]) {
                         goto _continue;
                 }
diff --git a/sway/stringop.c b/sway/stringop.c
index 1dff97bf..cbaa69b9 100644
--- a/sway/stringop.c
+++ b/sway/stringop.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ char *strip_comments(char *str) {
                 } else if (str[i] == '\'' && !in_string) {
                         in_character = !in_character;
                 } else if (!in_character && !in_string) {
-                        if (str[i] == '#' && i == 0) {
+                        if (str[i] == '#') {
                                 str[i] = '\0';
                                 break;
                         }