diff --git a/src/twtxt.nim b/src/twtxt.nim
index a16fd35..9dfa97c 100644
--- a/src/twtxt.nim
+++ b/src/twtxt.nim
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ proc getTweetsFrom*(url: string, username: string): seq[Tweet] =
   let body = url.getContent(timeout=20_000)
 
   for line in body.splitLines().items():
-    if line.len > 0:
+    if line.len > 0 and line[0] != "#":
       res.add(username.parseTweet(line))
 
   return res