diff --git a/Parser.js b/Parser.js
index 4a4a261..7c9b016 100644
--- a/Parser.js
+++ b/Parser.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.12.1
+// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.12.2
 (function() {
   var Parser,
     slice = [].slice;
@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@
           }
         };
       })(this));
+      text = text.replace(/<!--.*-->/ig, (function(_this) {
+        return function() {
+          var matches;
+          matches = 1 <= arguments.length ? slice.call(arguments, 0) : [];
+          return _this.makeHolder(matches[0]);
+        };
+      })(this));
       text = str_replace(['<', '>'], ['&lt;', '&gt;'], text);
       text = text.replace(/\[\^((?:[^\]]|\\\]|\\\[)+?)\]/g, (function(_this) {
         return function() {
diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index 47a95e0..65b841c 100644
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.12.1
+// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.12.2
 (function() {
   var Fs, Parser, buff, file, parser, read;
 
diff --git a/src/Parser.coffee b/src/Parser.coffee
index 6be3b42..6d7b59f 100644
--- a/src/Parser.coffee
+++ b/src/Parser.coffee
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ class Parser
     # release holder
     releaseHolder: (text, clearHolders = yes) ->
         deep = 0
-
         while (text.indexOf "\r") >= 0 and deep < 10
             text = str_replace (array_keys @holders), (array_values @holders), text
             deep += 1
@@ -199,6 +198,10 @@ class Parser
             else
                 htmlspecialchars matches[0]
 
+        # comment
+        text = text.replace /<!--.*-->/ig, (matches...) =>
+            @makeHolder matches[0]
+
         text = str_replace ['<', '>'], ['&lt;', '&gt;'], text
 
         # footnote
@@ -251,7 +254,6 @@ class Parser
 
         text = @call 'afterParseInlineBeforeRelease', text
         text = @releaseHolder text, clearHolders
-
         text = @call 'afterParseInline', text
 
         text