1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/config.c b/sway/config.c
index ced94799..637e2dbc 100644
--- a/sway/config.c
+++ b/sway/config.c
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ bool read_config(FILE *file, bool is_active) {
         while (!feof(file)) {
                 int _;
                 char *line = read_line(file);
-                line = strip_comments(line);
                 line = strip_whitespace(line, &_);
+                line = strip_comments(line);
                 if (!line[0]) {
                         goto _continue;
                 }