diff --git a/src/pebblisp.c b/src/pebblisp.c
index d65e74c..12cccea 100644
--- a/src/pebblisp.c
+++ b/src/pebblisp.c
@@ -580,8 +580,16 @@ int readFile(const char *filename, struct Environment *env) {
         }
     }
     while(fgets(line, 256, input)) {
-        if(line[0] != ';') {
-            strncat(page, line, strlen(line) - 1);
+        int i;
+        for(i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+            if(line[i] != ' ') {
+                if(line[i] == ';') {
+                    break;
+                } else {
+                    strncat(page, line, strlen(line) - 1);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
         }
     }