diff --git a/sh/notice b/sh/notice
index ea78c51..309e2b1 100755
--- a/sh/notice
+++ b/sh/notice
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ __notice_upload() {
 __notice_read_conf() {
 	# TODO: ensure conf file is unreadable by others?
 	while read -r line; do
-		line="${line%%#*}" # strip comments
+		line="${line%%"#"*}" # strip comments
 		line="${line#"${line%%[! ]*}"}" # strip left
 		line="${line%"${line##*[! ]}"}" # strip right
 		if [ "${line#gotify=}" != "$line" ]; then