1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/ninep/cols.zig b/src/ninep/cols.zig
index f07c7f39..24fb590c 100644
--- a/src/ninep/cols.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/cols.zig
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ pub fn writeCtl(p: *Pardes, req: Req, serial: u32) Reply {
     var lines = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, req.data, '\n');
     while (lines.next()) |raw| {
         const line = std.mem.trim(u8, raw, " \t\r");
-        if (line.len == 0) continue;
+        if (line.len == 0 or pardes.exec.isComment(line)) continue;
         const word = line[0 .. std.mem.indexOfAny(u8, line, " \t") orelse line.len];
         const takes = for ([_][]const u8{ "Delcol", "Joincol", "New", "Tty" }) |w| {
             if (std.mem.eql(u8, w, word)) break true;