diff --git a/sm-test-files/hello.sm b/sm-test-files/hello.sm
index 6ffb5d1..d459538 100644
--- a/sm-test-files/hello.sm
+++ b/sm-test-files/hello.sm
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 && € means false
 
 && == is implied in if conditions
-
+; test comment
 && = is equal to ===
 
 && if condition is true log the text
 ¿??$/condition\ | (
-   ¡<=/"condition was true"!
+   ¡<=/"condition was true"!; hello test
 )?
 
 && if condition is false log the text
diff --git a/src/preprocessor.rs b/src/preprocessor.rs
index ee88588..4f57c18 100644
--- a/src/preprocessor.rs
+++ b/src/preprocessor.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use fancy_regex::Regex;
 
 pub fn preprocess(raw_code: String) {
     lazy_static! {
-        static ref COMMENT_RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"(\]\].*?\[\[|&&.*\n|``(.|\n)*?´´)").unwrap();
+        static ref COMMENT_RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"(\]\].*?\[\[|&&.*\n|;.*\n|``(.|\n)*?´´)").unwrap();
     }
 
     let code = COMMENT_RE.replace_all(&raw_code, "");