diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
index 5c2b5f1c..30ca6031 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ make_array_from_file() {
         # Otherwise, read the file line by line
         while IFS= read -r line;do
             # Othwerise, strip out comments and blank lines
-            new_line=$(echo "${line}" | sed -e 's/#.*$//' -e '/^$/d')
+            new_line=$(echo "${line}" | sed -e 's/^\s*#.*$//' -e '/^$/d')
             # If the line still has content (a non-zero value)
             if [[ -n "${new_line}" ]]; then
                 # Put it into the array