diff --git a/stream-sprout b/stream-sprout
index d0521dd..e2a34cf 100755
--- a/stream-sprout
+++ b/stream-sprout
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ function parse_yaml() {
       if (length($3) > 0) {
          vn=""; for (i=0; i<indent; i++) {vn=(vn)(vname[i])("_")}
          gsub(/^[ \t]+/, "", $3); gsub(/[ \t]+$/, "", $3);
+         gsub(/\s*#.*$/, "", $3);
          printf("%s%s%s=\"%s\"\n", "'"${prefix}"'",vn, $2, $3);
       }
    }'