diff --git a/cdrskin/README b/cdrskin/README
index a53ae5e..b7eef61 100644
--- a/cdrskin/README
+++ b/cdrskin/README
@@ -317,12 +317,16 @@ arguments from the following three files:
   /etc/opt/cdrskin/rc
   $HOME/.cdrskinrc
 The files are read in the sequence given above.
-Each readable line is treated as one single argument. No extra blanks,
-no comments, no empty lines are permitted.
+Each readable line is treated as one single argument. No extra blanks.
+A first character '#' marks a comment, empty lines are ignored.
 
 Example content of a startup file:
-dev=1,1,0
-dev_translation=+1,0,0+1,1,0
+# This is the default device
+dev=0,1,0
+# To accomodate to eventual remnant cdrskin-0.2.2 addresses
+dev_translation=+1,0,0+0,1,0
+
+# Some more options
 --fifo_start_empty
 fs=16m
 
diff --git a/cdrskin/cdrskin.c b/cdrskin/cdrskin.c
index d3a4e17..9350353 100644
--- a/cdrskin/cdrskin.c
+++ b/cdrskin/cdrskin.c
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ int Sfile_multi_read_argv(char *progname, char **filenames, int filename_count,
      while(Sfile_fgets(buf,sizeof(buf)-1,fp)!=NULL) {
        line_no++;
        l= strlen(buf);
+       if(l==0 || buf[0]=='#')
+     continue;
        if(pass==0){
          if(l>maxl) 
            maxl= l;
diff --git a/cdrskin/cdrskin_timestamp.h b/cdrskin/cdrskin_timestamp.h
index ab9503b..95c047a 100644
--- a/cdrskin/cdrskin_timestamp.h
+++ b/cdrskin/cdrskin_timestamp.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Cdrskin_timestamP "2006.09.27.074910"
+#define Cdrskin_timestamP "2006.09.27.080826"