diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a595912..eafcbcbe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ To import `ktoml` library you need to add following dependencies to your code:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.akuleshov7</groupId>
   <artifactId>ktoml-core</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.10</version>
+  <version>0.2.11</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.akuleshov7</groupId>
   <artifactId>ktoml-file</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.10</version>
+  <version>0.2.11</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 </details>
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ To import `ktoml` library you need to add following dependencies to your code:
 <summary>Gradle Groovy</summary>
 
 ```groovy
-implementation 'com.akuleshov7:ktoml-core:0.2.10'
-implementation 'com.akuleshov7:ktoml-file:0.2.10'
+implementation 'com.akuleshov7:ktoml-core:0.2.11'
+implementation 'com.akuleshov7:ktoml-file:0.2.11'
 ```
 </details>
 
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ implementation 'com.akuleshov7:ktoml-file:0.2.10'
 <summary>Gradle Kotlin</summary>
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("com.akuleshov7:ktoml-core:0.2.10")
-implementation("com.akuleshov7:ktoml-file:0.2.10")
+implementation("com.akuleshov7:ktoml-core:0.2.11")
+implementation("com.akuleshov7:ktoml-file:0.2.11")
 ```
 </details>
 
diff --git a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/parsers/StringUtils.kt b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/parsers/StringUtils.kt
index 2be4b154..b735f098 100644
--- a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/parsers/StringUtils.kt
+++ b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/parsers/StringUtils.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ package com.akuleshov7.ktoml.parsers
 
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.exceptions.ParseException
 
+/**
+ * method to find the beginning of the comments in TOML string
+ *
+ * @param startSearchFrom the index after that the search will be done
+ * @return the index of the first hash symbol or the index of the end of the string
+ */
+internal fun String.findBeginningOfTheComment(startSearchFrom: Int) =
+        (startSearchFrom until this.length).filter { this[it] == '#' }.minOrNull() ?: this.length
+
 /**
  * Splitting dot-separated string to the list of tokens:
  * a.b.c -> [a, b, c]; a."b.c".d -> [a, "b.c", d];
diff --git a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/parsers/TomlParser.kt b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/parsers/TomlParser.kt
index 2867a206..c7c7bf4a 100644
--- a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/parsers/TomlParser.kt
+++ b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/parsers/TomlParser.kt
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ public value class TomlParser(private val config: TomlConfig) {
                 }
             }
         }
-        tomlFileHead.prettyPrint()
         return tomlFileHead
     }
 
@@ -119,14 +118,11 @@ public value class TomlParser(private val config: TomlConfig) {
         return this
     }
 
-    private fun String.isArrayOfTables(): Boolean {
-        val trimmed = this.trim()
-        return trimmed.startsWith("[[") && trimmed.endsWith("]]")
-    }
+    private fun String.isArrayOfTables(): Boolean = this.trim().startsWith("[[")
 
     private fun String.isTableNode(): Boolean {
         val trimmed = this.trim()
-        return trimmed.startsWith("[") && trimmed.endsWith("]")
+        return trimmed.startsWith("[")
     }
 
     private fun String.isComment() = this.trim().startsWith("#")
diff --git a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlArrayOfTables.kt b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlArrayOfTables.kt
index a0aaaf60..9768ce8a 100644
--- a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlArrayOfTables.kt
+++ b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlArrayOfTables.kt
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ package com.akuleshov7.ktoml.tree
 
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.TomlConfig
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.exceptions.ParseException
+import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.parsers.findBeginningOfTheComment
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.parsers.splitKeyToTokens
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.parsers.trimDoubleBrackets
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.parsers.trimQuotes
 
 /**
- * @property isSynthetic
+ * Class representing array of tables
+ *
+ * @throws ParseException if the content is wrong
  */
 // FixMe: this class is mostly identical to the TomlTable - we should unify them together
 public class TomlArrayOfTables(
@@ -37,8 +40,18 @@ public class TomlArrayOfTables(
     public override lateinit var fullTableName: String
 
     init {
+        val lastIndexOfBrace = content.lastIndexOf("]]")
+        if (lastIndexOfBrace == -1) {
+            throw ParseException("Invalid Array of Tables provided: $content." +
+                    " It has missing closing brackets: ']]'", lineNo)
+        }
+
+        // finding the index of the beginning of the comment (if any)
+        val firstHash = content.findBeginningOfTheComment(lastIndexOfBrace)
+
         // getting the content inside brackets ([a.b] -> a.b)
-        val sectionFromContent = content.trim().trimDoubleBrackets().trim()
+        val sectionFromContent = content.substring(0, firstHash).trim().trimDoubleBrackets()
+            .trim()
 
         if (sectionFromContent.isBlank()) {
             throw ParseException("Incorrect blank name for array of tables: $content", lineNo)
diff --git a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlInlineTable.kt b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlInlineTable.kt
index 46ad815d..7edd133e 100644
--- a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlInlineTable.kt
+++ b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlInlineTable.kt
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ public class TomlInlineTable(
 
             }
         }
-
-        tomlTable.prettyPrint()
         return tomlTable
     }
 }
diff --git a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlKeyValue.kt b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlKeyValue.kt
index 380b8632..43e771c8 100644
--- a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlKeyValue.kt
+++ b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlKeyValue.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.akuleshov7.ktoml.tree
 
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.TomlConfig
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.exceptions.ParseException
+import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.parsers.findBeginningOfTheComment
 
 /**
  * Interface that contains all common methods that are used in KeyValue nodes
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ public fun String.splitKeyValue(lineNo: Int, config: TomlConfig = TomlConfig()):
 
     // finding the index of a commented part of the string
     // search starts goes from the closingQuoteIndex to the end of the string
-    val firstHash = (closingQuoteIndex until this.length).filter { this[it] == '#' }.minOrNull() ?: this.length
+    val firstHash = this.findBeginningOfTheComment(closingQuoteIndex)
 
     // searching for an equals sign that should be placed main part of the string (not in the comment)
     val firstEqualsSign = this.substring(0, firstHash).indexOfFirst { it == '=' }
diff --git a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlTablePrimitive.kt b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlTablePrimitive.kt
index 29458ff1..ef2a3943 100644
--- a/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlTablePrimitive.kt
+++ b/ktoml-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/tree/TomlTablePrimitive.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package com.akuleshov7.ktoml.tree
 
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.TomlConfig
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.exceptions.ParseException
+import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.parsers.findBeginningOfTheComment
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.parsers.splitKeyToTokens
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.parsers.trimBrackets
 import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.parsers.trimQuotes
@@ -39,8 +40,18 @@ public class TomlTablePrimitive(
     public override lateinit var fullTableName: String
 
     init {
+        val lastIndexOfBrace = content.lastIndexOf("]")
+        if (lastIndexOfBrace == -1) {
+            throw ParseException("Invalid Tables provided: $content." +
+                    " It has missing closing bracket: ']'", lineNo)
+        }
+
+        // finding the index of the beginning of the comment (if any)
+        val firstHash = content.findBeginningOfTheComment(lastIndexOfBrace)
+
         // getting the content inside brackets ([a.b] -> a.b)
-        val sectionFromContent = content.trim().trimBrackets().trim()
+        val sectionFromContent = content.substring(0, firstHash).trim().trimBrackets()
+            .trim()
 
         if (sectionFromContent.isBlank()) {
             throw ParseException("Incorrect blank table name: $content", lineNo)
diff --git a/ktoml-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/decoders/ReadMeExampleTest.kt b/ktoml-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/decoders/ReadMeExampleTest.kt
index 11a55c9f..f91e010a 100644
--- a/ktoml-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/decoders/ReadMeExampleTest.kt
+++ b/ktoml-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/decoders/ReadMeExampleTest.kt
@@ -55,27 +55,27 @@ class ReadMeExampleTest {
     fun readmeExampleTest() {
         val test =
             """
-            |someBooleanProperty = true
-            |# inline tables in gradle 'libs.versions.toml' notation
-            |gradle-libs-like-property = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref = "kotlin" }
-            |
-            |[table1]
-            |property1 = null
-            |property2 = 6
-            | 
-            |[table2]
-            |someNumber = 5
-            |   [table2."akuleshov7.com"]
-            |       name = 'this is a "literal" string'
-            |       # empty lists are also supported
-            |       configurationList = ["a",  "b",  "c", null]
-            |
-            |# such redeclaration of table2
-            |# is prohibited in toml specification;
-            |# but ktoml is allowing it in non-strict mode: 
-            |[table2]
-            |otherNumber = 5.56
-            |    
+            someBooleanProperty = true
+            # inline tables in gradle 'libs.versions.toml' notation
+            gradle-libs-like-property = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref = "kotlin" }
+            
+            [table1]
+            property1 = null # null is prohibited by the TOML spec, 
+            property2 = 6
+             
+            [table2]
+            someNumber = 5
+               [table2."akuleshov7.com"]
+                   name = 'this is a "literal" string'
+                   # empty lists are also supported
+                   configurationList = ["a",  "b",  "c", null]
+            
+            # such redeclaration of table2
+            # is prohibited in toml specification;
+            # but ktoml is allowing it in non-strict mode: 
+            [table2]
+            otherNumber = 5.56
+                
             """.trimMargin()
 
         val decoded = Toml.decodeFromString<MyClass>(test)
diff --git a/ktoml-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/parsers/CommentsParsing.kt b/ktoml-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/parsers/CommentsParsing.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9d4cc11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ktoml-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/akuleshov7/ktoml/parsers/CommentsParsing.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.akuleshov7.ktoml.parsers
+
+import com.akuleshov7.ktoml.Toml
+import kotlin.test.Test
+
+class CommentsParsing {
+    @Test
+    fun commentsParsing() {
+        val string = """
+            # comment 1
+            [a] # comment 2
+            # comment 3
+             test = 1 # comment 4
+             [[a.b]] # comment 5 
+                test = 1
+        """.trimIndent()
+        val parsedToml = Toml.tomlParser.parseString(string)
+        parsedToml.prettyPrint()
+    }
+}