diff --git a/prepwifi.sh b/prepwifi.sh
index d3baba2..ebeeb02 100644
--- a/prepwifi.sh
+++ b/prepwifi.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ name=${2}
 
 cd "out/${name}/files" || exit 3
 
-newip=`grep ipaddr etc/config/network |tail -n1|cut -d \' -f 2`
+newip=`grep ipaddr etc/config/network|grep -v \# |tail -n1|cut -d \' -f 2`
 
 if [ -z "$newip" ]; then
 	echo ip not found