diff --git a/src/lexer.rs b/src/lexer.rs
index 7ddbede..a94885a 100644
--- a/src/lexer.rs
+++ b/src/lexer.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum LTIRToken {
+    Comment(String),
     Symbol(String),
     Char(char),
     Num(i64),
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ pub enum LexError {
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum LexerState {
     Any,
+    Comment(String),
     TypeTerm(String),
     Sym(String),
     Num(i64),
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ impl LexerState {
     fn into_token(self) -> Option<LTIRToken> {
         match self {
             LexerState::Any => None,
+            LexerState::Comment(s) => Some(LTIRToken::Comment(s)),
             LexerState::TypeTerm(s) => Some(LTIRToken::AssignType(s)),
             LexerState::Sym(s) => Some(LTIRToken::Symbol(s)),
             LexerState::Num(n) => Some(LTIRToken::Num(n)),
@@ -169,6 +172,22 @@ where
                         region.end += 1;
                         state = LexerState::Char(None);
                     }
+                    '/' => {
+                        self.chars.next();
+                        self.position += 1;
+                        region.end += 1;
+
+                        match self.chars.next() {
+                            Some('*') => {
+                                self.position += 1;
+                                region.end += 1;
+                                state = LexerState::Comment(String::new());
+                            }
+                            _ => {
+                                return Some((region, Err(LexError::InvalidChar)));
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                     c => {
                         if c.is_whitespace() {
                             self.chars.next();
@@ -183,6 +202,38 @@ where
                     }
                 },
 
+                LexerState::Comment(s) => {
+
+                    match self.chars.next() {
+                        Some('*') => {
+                            match self.chars.peek() {
+                                Some('/') => {
+                                    self.chars.next();
+                                    self.position += 2;
+                                    region.end += 2;
+
+                                    if let Some(token) = state.clone().into_token() {
+                                        return Some((region, Ok(token)));
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                _ => {
+                                    s.push('*');
+                                    self.position += 1;
+                                    region.end += 1;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Some(c) => {
+                            s.push(c);
+                            self.position += 1;
+                            region.end += 1;
+                        }
+                        None => {
+                            return Some((region, Err(LexError::InvalidChar)));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
                 LexerState::Char(val) => {
                     self.position += 2;
                     region.end += 2;
@@ -288,6 +339,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_lexer() {
         let mut lexer = crate::lexer::LTIRLexer::from(
             "let var1:ℕ=123;
+                /* comment */
                 let square =λx.* x x;
 
                 let sqrt = λx:ℝ~machine::Float64~machine::Word.(f64-sqrt x);
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3b918d9..0082d2d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ fn compile(
         .compile(
             &parser::parse_expr(
                 &scope.read().unwrap().typectx,
-                &mut lexer::LTIRLexer::from(source.chars().peekable()).peekable(),
+                &mut lexer::LTIRLexer::from(source.chars().peekable())
+                    .filter(|tok| match tok {
+                        (_, Ok(lexer::LTIRToken::Comment(_))) => false,
+                        _ => true
+                    })
+                    .peekable(),
             )
             .expect("syntax error"),
         )
@@ -35,7 +40,6 @@ fn compile(
 
 
 /* TODO:
- *   - Parse Comments
  *   - write to address resulting from expression
  *   - `::` -> '.' and allow ↦ only
  *   - Parser error reporting