diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b8a986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module org2newsboat
+
+go 1.16
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 30372f2..5dcd96e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -41,14 +41,17 @@ func main() {
 	lexer := Lexer{}
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(data)
 
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		counter++
+	// skip the first heading
+	scanner.Scan()
 
-		// skip the first heading
-		if counter == 1 {
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		// skip commented headings
+		if scanner.Text()[3:10] == "COMMENT" {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		counter++
+
 		tokens := lexer.Process(scanner.Text())
 		feed := Parse(tokens).String()
 		file.WriteString(feed + "\n")