diff --git a/scripts/99_software.sh b/scripts/99_software.sh
index 3e8138b..92aa3dc 100755
--- a/scripts/99_software.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_software.sh
@@ -155,22 +155,13 @@ do_services() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    mapfile -t services < ${trg_file}
-
-    echo "::: ${services[@]}"
+    # remove comments
+    sed '/^[[:blank:]]*#/d;s/#.*//' ${trg_file} > ${trg_file}.tmp
 
+    mapfile -t services < ${trg_file}.tmp
     for x in ${services[@]}; do
-
-        echo ">>> ${x}"
-
-        if [[ "${x}" =~ ^#.* ]]; then
-            echo "skipping comment ${x}"
-            continue
-        fi
-
         echo "systemctl enable ${x}"
-#        systemctl enable ${x}
-
+        systemctl enable ${x}
     done
 
 }