diff --git a/sunrise.py b/sunrise.py
index 9db1156..1db47d1 100755
--- a/sunrise.py
+++ b/sunrise.py
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ def _read_conf(path):
                     continue
                 k, v = line.split('=', 1)
                 k = k.strip()
-                v = v.strip().strip('"').strip("'")
+                v = v.strip()
+                v = re.sub(r'\s+#.*$', '', v)   # strip inline comments
+                v = v.strip('"').strip("'")
                 # Extract default from bash ${VAR:-default} pattern
                 m = re.match(r'^\$\{[^}]+:-([^}]*)\}$', v)
                 if m:
diff --git a/sunrise2mm.py b/sunrise2mm.py
index e999d56..f51355e 100755
--- a/sunrise2mm.py
+++ b/sunrise2mm.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ def read_config(path):
                     continue
                 k, v = line.split('=', 1)
                 k = k.strip()
-                v = v.strip().strip('"').strip("'")
+                v = v.strip()
+                v = re.sub(r'\s+#.*$', '', v)   # strip inline comments
+                v = v.strip('"').strip("'")
                 m = re.match(r'^\$\{[^}]+:-([^}]*)\}$', v)
                 if m:
                     v = m.group(1).strip('"').strip("'")