diff --git a/setup-ngxblocker b/setup-ngxblocker
index 721c3767f..f57f46384 100755
--- a/setup-ngxblocker
+++ b/setup-ngxblocker
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ longest_str() {
 
 check_wildcard() {
 	local file=$1 dir=$(basename $2)
-	local check="$(grep -E "include[[:alnum:] /]+$dir/\*" $file)"
+	local check="$(grep -E "^[^#]+include[[:alnum:] /]+$dir/\*" $file)"
 	echo $check
 }