diff --git a/sway/config.c b/sway/config.c
index f06d55f8a..44943769d 100644
--- a/sway/config.c
+++ b/sway/config.c
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ bool read_config(FILE *file, bool is_active) {
 	while (!feof(file)) {
 		int _;
 		char *line = read_line(file);
-		line = strip_whitespace(line, &_);
 		line = strip_comments(line);
+		line = strip_whitespace(line, &_);
 		if (!line[0]) {
 			goto _continue;
 		}
diff --git a/sway/stringop.c b/sway/stringop.c
index 1dff97bf1..cbaa69b92 100644
--- a/sway/stringop.c
+++ b/sway/stringop.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ char *strip_comments(char *str) {
 		} else if (str[i] == '\'' && !in_string) {
 			in_character = !in_character;
 		} else if (!in_character && !in_string) {
-			if (str[i] == '#' && i == 0) {
+			if (str[i] == '#') {
 				str[i] = '\0';
 				break;
 			}