diff --git a/src/ledger/transaction.go b/src/ledger/transaction.go
index f54c2a0..5a68363 100644
--- a/src/ledger/transaction.go
+++ b/src/ledger/transaction.go
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ func readTransactionName(r *bufio.Reader) (string, float64, string, bool, error)
 		return "", 0, "", false, nil
 	}
 
+	line = bytes.Split(line, []byte(";"))[0] // comment-free
 	fields := bytes.Fields(line)
 
 	isSet := false