diff --git a/brmsaptool.scm b/brmsaptool.scm
index 1ac79c5..4e1574b 100644
--- a/brmsaptool.scm
+++ b/brmsaptool.scm
@@ -331,10 +331,19 @@
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; Member info data file
 
+;; Member File Parser: remove comments from line and return the result
+(define (mfp:line:remove-comments l)
+  (let ((si (substring-index "#" l)))
+    (if si
+	(if (= si 0)
+	    ""
+	    (car (string-chop l si)))
+	l)))
+
 ;; Parses given key-value line. Key is up to first space, value is the
 ;; rest of the line. If the line doesn't contain anything, returns #f.
 (define (parse-member-line l)
-  (let ((sp (string-split l " ")))
+  (let ((sp (string-split (mfp:line:remove-comments l) " ")))
     (and sp
 	 (not (null? sp))
 	 (list (string->symbol (car sp))