diff --git a/benchmark/file.html b/benchmark/file.html
index f7f02a2..19ee785 100644
--- a/benchmark/file.html
+++ b/benchmark/file.html
@@ -1466,6 +1466,6 @@ $(".tabLink").click( function() {
 	
 	/* cache key: wiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-js:4:0988d1c874c28d1cb4f83a739d662fea */
 }
-</script><!-- Served in 0.063 secs. -->
+</script><!-- Served in 0.063 secs. --><!--                                             
 	</body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lib/default.js b/lib/default.js
index 1a7e3f1..cb4a2d8 100644
--- a/lib/default.js
+++ b/lib/default.js
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ function StripTagBody (tags, next) {
 function stripCommentTag (html) {
   return html.replace(STRIP_COMMENT_TAG_REGEXP, '');
 }
-var STRIP_COMMENT_TAG_REGEXP = /<!--(.|\s)*?-->/gm;
+var STRIP_COMMENT_TAG_REGEXP = /<!--[\s\S]*?-->/g;
 
 
 exports.whiteList = whiteList;