diff --git a/bingo/generate_bingo.py b/bingo/generate_bingo.py
index 682f6d5..a5899b3 100644
--- a/bingo/generate_bingo.py
+++ b/bingo/generate_bingo.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ num_easy = num_total - num_hard
 sentences = {"easy": [], "hard": []}
 with open("prompts.txt") as f:
     raw_sentences = f.readlines()
+    raw_sentences = [ line for line in raw_sentences if line[0] != "#" ]
     stripped = "".join(raw_sentences).strip().split("\n")
     sentences["easy"] = [ line                 for line in stripped if "*" not in line ]
     sentences["hard"] = [ line.replace("*","") for line in stripped if "*"     in line ]