diff --git a/Upsilon/Parser/Lexer.cs b/Upsilon/Parser/Lexer.cs
index 6d4f2ce..85c9fe0 100644
--- a/Upsilon/Parser/Lexer.cs
+++ b/Upsilon/Parser/Lexer.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Immutable;
 using System.Text;
 using Upsilon.Text;
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ namespace Upsilon.Parser
                 var next = LexNext();
                 if (next.Kind != SyntaxKind.WhiteSpace)
                 {
+                    if (next.Kind == SyntaxKind.Comment)
+                        continue;
                     array.Add(next);
                     if (next.Kind == SyntaxKind.EndOfFile)
                         break;
@@ -186,6 +189,7 @@ namespace Upsilon.Parser
 
         private SyntaxToken LexComments()
         {
+            _position++;
             var start = _position;
             var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
             if (Current != ' ')
@@ -195,8 +199,8 @@ namespace Upsilon.Parser
                 stringBuilder.Append(Next);
                 _position++;
             }
-
             var str = stringBuilder.ToString();
+            _position++;
             return new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.Comment, start, str, str);
         }
     }
diff --git a/Upsilon/Parser/Parser.cs b/Upsilon/Parser/Parser.cs
index c5a3627..278de3a 100644
--- a/Upsilon/Parser/Parser.cs
+++ b/Upsilon/Parser/Parser.cs
@@ -27,18 +27,13 @@ namespace Upsilon.Parser
         private SyntaxToken Current => Get(0);
         private SyntaxToken Next => Get(1);
 
-        private SyntaxToken Get(int offset, bool allowComment = false)
+        private SyntaxToken Get(int offset)
         {
             if (_position + offset >= _tokens.Length)
                 return new SyntaxToken(SyntaxKind.EndOfFile, _position + offset, "\0", null);
             else
             {
-                var token = _tokens[_position + offset];
-                if (token.Kind == SyntaxKind.Comment && !allowComment)
-                {
-                    return Get(offset + 1);
-                }
-                return token;
+                return _tokens[_position + offset];
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/UpsilonTests/GeneralTests/CommentTests.cs b/UpsilonTests/GeneralTests/CommentTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1889304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UpsilonTests/GeneralTests/CommentTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using Upsilon.Evaluator;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace UpsilonTests.GeneralTests
+{
+    public class CommentTests : TestClass
+    {
+        public CommentTests(StaticScriptFixture fix) : base(fix)
+        {
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void BasicComment()
+        {
+            const string input = @"
+-- test comment
+return 100
+";
+            var script = new Script(input, BoundScope, StaticScope);
+            Assert.Empty(script.Diagnostics.Messages);
+            var result = script.Evaluate<long>();
+            Assert.Empty(script.Diagnostics.Messages);
+            Assert.Equal(100, result);
+
+        }
+
+    }
+}
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