@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ func Parse(rwc io.Reader) (*Node, error) {

 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(rwc)

 	for scanner.Scan() {

-		if scanner.Text() == "" {

+		scannedLine := strings.TrimLeftFunc(scanner.Text(), unicode.IsSpace)

+		if stripComments(scannedLine) == "" {

 			continue

 		}

-		line, child, err := parseLine(strings.TrimLeftFunc(scanner.Text(), unicode.IsSpace))

+		line, child, err := parseLine(scannedLine)

 		if err != nil {

 			return nil, err

 		}

@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ func Parse(rwc io.Reader) (*Node, error) {

 			for scanner.Scan() {

 				newline := scanner.Text()

-				if newline == "" {

+				if stripComments(strings.TrimSpace(newline)) == "" {

 					continue

 				}

@@ -26,3 +26,10 @@ frog

 RUN echo good\

 bye\

 frog

+

+RUN echo hello \

+# this is a comment

+

+# this is a comment with a blank line surrounding it

+

+this is some more useful stuff

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@

 (run "echo hi   world  goodnight")

 (run "echo goodbyefrog")

 (run "echo goodbyefrog")

+(run "echo hello this is some more useful stuff")