1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sway/config.c b/sway/config.c
index dd466e5b..67b442ad 100644
--- a/sway/config.c
+++ b/sway/config.c
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ bool read_config(FILE *file, bool is_active) {
         while (!feof(file)) {
                 line = read_line(file);
                 line_number++;
-                line = strip_comments(line);
+                line = strip_whitespace(line);
+                if (line[0] == '#') {
+                        continue;
+                }
                 struct cmd_results *res = config_command(line);
                 switch(res->status) {
                 case CMD_FAILURE:
@@ -261,8 +264,7 @@ bool read_config(FILE *file, bool is_active) {
         return success;
 }
 
-int output_name_cmp(const void *item, const void *data)
-{
+int output_name_cmp(const void *item, const void *data) {
         const struct output_config *output = item;
         const char *name = data;