diff --git a/lib/targets.go b/lib/targets.go
index cff6b5c..aa550c1 100644
--- a/lib/targets.go
+++ b/lib/targets.go
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ func readTargets(source io.Reader) (Targets, error) {
 	lines := make([]string, 0)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		line := scanner.Text()
-		if line = strings.TrimSpace(line); line == "" { // Empty line
-			continue
+
+		if line = strings.TrimSpace(line); line != "" && line[0:2] != "//" { // A comment or blank line
+			lines = append(lines, line)
 		}
-		lines = append(lines, line)
 	}
 	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
 		return Targets{}, err
diff --git a/lib/targets_test.go b/lib/targets_test.go
index 17947ef..6b7e99e 100644
--- a/lib/targets_test.go
+++ b/lib/targets_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestReadTargets(t *testing.T) {
-	lines := bytes.NewBufferString("GET http://lolcathost:9999/\n\nHEAD http://lolcathost:9999/\n")
+	lines := bytes.NewBufferString("GET http://lolcathost:9999/\n\n      // HEAD http://lolcathost.com this is a comment \nHEAD http://lolcathost:9999/\n")
 	targets, err := readTargets(lines)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Couldn't parse valid source: %s", err)