diff --git a/bhl.inc.php b/bhl.inc.php
index f1b31ed..ad741b2 100644
--- a/bhl.inc.php
+++ b/bhl.inc.php
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ function bhl_validate_func_ref(string $module_file, string $func_full_name, arra
   $namespace = implode('.', $name_items);
 
   $module_src = file_get_contents($module_file);
+  $module_src = _bhl_remove_comments($module_src);
 
   if(!$module_src)
     throw new Exception("Bad module file '{$module_file}'");
@@ -317,6 +318,23 @@ function bhl_validate_func_ref(string $module_file, string $func_full_name, arra
   throw new Exception("Func '$func_full_name(".implode(',', $signature).")' not found in '$module_file'");
 }
 
+function _bhl_remove_comments(string $txt) : string
+{
+  //block comments
+  if(strpos($txt, '/*') !== false)
+  {
+    $regex = '~/\*.*?\*/~s';
+    $txt = preg_replace_callback(
+      $regex, 
+      //preserve the new lines for better error reporting
+      function($m) { return str_repeat("\n", substr_count($m[0], "\n")); },
+      $txt);
+  }
+  //line comments
+  $txt = preg_replace("~\s*(?<!:)//.*~", "\n", $txt);
+  return $txt;
+}
+
 function _bhl_split_by_namespaces(string $src) : array
 {
   $nss = array();