diff --git a/MLPApi.py b/MLPApi.py
index 4d75115..29e199d 100644
--- a/MLPApi.py
+++ b/MLPApi.py
@@ -55,20 +55,23 @@ def get_style():
     return content
 
 def markdown2html(md, basepath):
-    html = ''
-    html += '<style>\n{}\n</style>\n'.format(get_style())
+    html = '<style>\n{}\n</style>\n'.format(get_style())
     # pre_with_br
     html += pre_with_br(pre_tables(md2.markdown(md, extras=['fenced-code-blocks',
                                                             'no-code-highlighting', 'tables'])))
     # the option no-code-highlighting does not exists in the official version of markdown2 for now
     # I personaly edited the file (markdown2.py:1743)
+    html = strip_html_comments(html)
+
+    # Beautiful uses the <br/> but the sublime phantoms do not support them...
+    html = html.replace('<br/>', '<br />')
 
     html = html.replace('&nbsp;', '&nbspespace;') # save where are the spaces
 
-
     # exception, again, because <pre> aren't supported by the phantoms
     html = html.replace('&nbspespace;', '<i class="space">.</i>')
     html = replace_img_src_base64(html, basepath=os.path.dirname(basepath))
+    sublime.set_clipboard(html)
     return html
 
 def show_html(md_view, preview):
diff --git a/functions.py b/functions.py
index b5f28f2..ace0776 100644
--- a/functions.py
+++ b/functions.py
@@ -4,13 +4,18 @@ import os.path
 import sublime
 import re
 from .image_manager import ImageManager
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, Comment as html_comment
 
 def plugin_loaded():
     global error404, loading
     loading = sublime.load_resource('Packages/MarkdownLivePreview/loading.txt')
     error404 = sublime.load_resource('Packages/MarkdownLivePreview/404.txt')
 
+def strip_html_comments(html):
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')
+    for element in soup.find_all(text=lambda text: isinstance(text, html_comment)):
+        element.extract()
+    return str(soup)
 
 def replace_img_src_base64(html, basepath):
     """Really messy, but it works (should be updated)"""
@@ -95,4 +100,4 @@ def pre_with_br(html):
         code = pre.find('code')
         code.replaceWith(BeautifulSoup(''.join(str(node) for node in pre.contents) \
                       .replace('\n', '<br/>').replace(' ', '<i class="space">.</i>'), 'html.parser'))
-    return str(soup).replace('<br/>', '<br />')
+    return str(soup)
diff --git a/sample.md b/sample.md
index f45ac16..b57a290 100644
--- a/sample.md
+++ b/sample.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Hello world
 
+<!-- supports comments -->
+
 Some `inline code` with *italic* and **bold** text.
 
 ```python