diff --git a/action/config_template.py b/action/config_template.py
index d9c97e2..fbf6508 100644
--- a/action/config_template.py
+++ b/action/config_template.py
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ class ConfigTemplateParser(ConfigParser.RawConfigParser):
                     comments.append('')
                 continue
 
-            if line[0] in '#;':
-                comments.append(line)
+            if line.lstrip()[0] in '#;':
+                comments.append(line.lstrip())
                 continue
 
             if line.split(None, 1)[0].lower() == 'rem' and line[0] in "rR":
diff --git a/tests/templates/test_with_comments.ini b/tests/templates/test_with_comments.ini
index 79d3644..85a351e 100644
--- a/tests/templates/test_with_comments.ini
+++ b/tests/templates/test_with_comments.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+ # This comment tests bug 1755821
 # A default section comment
 # broken into multiple lines
 [DEFAULT]
diff --git a/tests/test-common-tasks.yml b/tests/test-common-tasks.yml
index 9964da5..62ab179 100644
--- a/tests/test-common-tasks.yml
+++ b/tests/test-common-tasks.yml
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@
     that:
       - "(lookup('ini', 'new_key section=DEFAULT file=/tmp/test_with_comments.ini')) == 'new_value'"
       - "(lookup('ini', 'baz section=foo file=/tmp/test_with_comments.ini')) == 'bar'"
+      - "{{ ini_file.content | b64decode | search('# This comment tests bug 1755821')}}"
+      - "{{ not(ini_file.content | b64decode | search(' # This comment tests bug 1755821'))}}"
       - "{{ ini_file.content | b64decode | search('#This is a comment')}}"
       - "{{ ini_file.content | b64decode | search('# A default section comment\n# broken into multiple lines\n\\[DEFAULT\\]')}}"