diff --git a/src/core/auth.c b/src/core/auth.c
index 6afb533..b274d3e 100644
--- a/src/core/auth.c
+++ b/src/core/auth.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * uhub - A tiny ADC p2p connection hub
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2009, Jan Vidar Krey
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2010, Jan Vidar Krey
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -176,14 +176,10 @@ static int check_cmd_addr(const char* cmd, struct linked_list* list, char* line,
 
 static int acl_parse_line(char* line, int line_count, void* ptr_data)
 {
-	char* pos;
 	struct acl_handle* handle = (struct acl_handle*) ptr_data;
 	int ret;
 
-	if ((pos = strchr(line, '#')) != NULL)
-	{
-		pos[0] = 0;
-	}
+	strip_off_ini_line_comments(line, line_count);
 
 	line = strip_white_space(line);
 	if (!*line)
diff --git a/src/core/auth.h b/src/core/auth.h
index 2e40a06..fe807b3 100644
--- a/src/core/auth.h
+++ b/src/core/auth.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * uhub - A tiny ADC p2p connection hub
- * Copyright (C) 2007-2009, Jan Vidar Krey
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2010, Jan Vidar Krey
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/src/core/config.c b/src/core/config.c
index 8ab295d..b291431 100644
--- a/src/core/config.c
+++ b/src/core/config.c
@@ -85,11 +85,8 @@ static int config_parse_line(char* line, int line_count, void* ptr_data)
 	char* data;
 	struct hub_config* config = (struct hub_config*) ptr_data;
 
-	if ((pos = strchr(line, '#')) != NULL)
-	{
-		pos[0] = 0;
-	}
-
+	strip_off_ini_line_comments(line, line_count);
+	
 	if (!*line) return 0;
 
 	LOG_DUMP("config_parse_line(): '%s'", line);
diff --git a/src/util/misc.c b/src/util/misc.c
index 7475a45..1612663 100644
--- a/src/util/misc.c
+++ b/src/util/misc.c
@@ -400,3 +400,51 @@ const char* get_timestamp(time_t now)
 	sprintf(ts, "[%02d:%02d]", t->tm_hour, t->tm_min);
 	return ts;
 }
+
+void strip_off_ini_line_comments(char* line, int line_count)
+{
+	char* p = line;
+	char* out = line;
+	int backslash = 0;
+
+	if (!*line)
+		return;
+
+	for (; *p; p++)
+	{
+		if (!backslash)
+		{
+			if (*p == '\\')
+			{
+				backslash = 1;
+			}
+			else if (*p == '#')
+			{
+				*out = '\0';
+				out++;
+				break;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				*out = *p;
+				out++;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (*p == '\\' || *p == '#' || *p == '\"')
+			{
+				*out = *p;
+				out++;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				LOG_WARN("Invalid backslash escape on line %d", line_count);
+				*out = *p;
+				out++;
+			}
+			backslash = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	*out = '\0';
+}
diff --git a/src/util/misc.h b/src/util/misc.h
index 1f7c635..43f8d10 100644
--- a/src/util/misc.h
+++ b/src/util/misc.h
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ extern int is_valid_base32_char(char c);
 extern void base32_encode(const unsigned char* buffer, size_t len, char* result);
 extern void base32_decode(const char* src, unsigned char* dst, size_t len);
 extern char* strip_white_space(char* string);
+extern void strip_off_ini_line_comments(char* line, int line_count);
 
 extern int file_read_lines(const char* file, void* data, file_line_handler_t handler);
 
 
+
 extern const char* uhub_itoa(int val);
 extern const char* uhub_ulltoa(uint64_t val);