diff --git a/src/recipe.rs b/src/recipe.rs
index 80156f2203..698a49db80 100644
--- a/src/recipe.rs
+++ b/src/recipe.rs
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ impl<'src, D> Recipe<'src, D> {
         }
         let line = lines.next().unwrap();
         line_number += 1;
-        evaluated += &evaluator.evaluate_line(line, continued)?;
+        if !comment_line {
+          evaluated += &evaluator.evaluate_line(line, continued)?;
+        }
         if line.is_continuation() && !comment_line {
           continued = true;
           evaluated.pop();
@@ -132,6 +134,11 @@ impl<'src, D> Recipe<'src, D> {
           break;
         }
       }
+
+      if comment_line {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       let mut command = evaluated.as_str();
 
       if quiet_command {
@@ -142,10 +149,6 @@ impl<'src, D> Recipe<'src, D> {
         command = &command[1..];
       }
 
-      if comment_line {
-        continue;
-      }
-
       if command.is_empty() {
         continue;
       }
diff --git a/tests/ignore_comments.rs b/tests/ignore_comments.rs
index 1dc04b197c..1badd4c9db 100644
--- a/tests/ignore_comments.rs
+++ b/tests/ignore_comments.rs
@@ -83,3 +83,17 @@ fn continuations_with_echo_comments_true() {
     .stderr("# comment lines can be continued echo something-useful\n")
     .run();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn dont_evalute_comments() {
+  Test::new()
+    .justfile(
+      "
+      set ignore-comments
+
+      some_recipe:
+        # {{ error('foo') }}
+    ",
+    )
+    .run();
+}