diff --git a/strip.lua b/strip.lua
index 4eeb6a9..34e34e7 100644
--- a/strip.lua
+++ b/strip.lua
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ replacements={
 {" %/ ","/"},
 {" %* ","*"},
 {" \n","\n"},
-{"%-%-.-\n",""},
+{"%-%-.-\n","\n"},
 }
 for k,v in ipairs(replacements) do
  while ss:find(v[1]) ~= nil do