diff --git a/home/filter.go b/home/filter.go
index ca5e4add..4b1a75ef 100644
--- a/home/filter.go
+++ b/home/filter.go
@@ -478,6 +478,8 @@ func (f *Filtering) parseFilterContents(file io.Reader) (int, uint32, string) {
 				name = m[0][1]
 				seenTitle = true
 			}
+		} else if line[0] == '#' {
+			continue
 		} else {
 			rulesCount++
 		}
diff --git a/home/filter_test.go b/home/filter_test.go
index e4f10f1f..317741d8 100644
--- a/home/filter_test.go
+++ b/home/filter_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 func testStartFilterListener() net.Listener {
 	http.HandleFunc("/filters/1.txt", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		content := `||example.org^$third-party
+# Inline comment example
 ||example.com^$third-party
 0.0.0.0 example.com
 `