diff --git a/ini_test.go b/ini_test.go
index 5e274f5..445423a 100644
--- a/ini_test.go
+++ b/ini_test.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestToEscape(t *testing.T) {
 }
 func TestInlineComments(t *testing.T) {
 	//inline comments must be start with ; or # and a space char before it
-	data := "[section1]\nkey1 = this is a inline comment test ;comments\nkeys=this is key2\n[section2]\nkey3=value3"
+	data := "[section1]\nkey1 = this is a inline comment test ; comments ; do you know\nkeys=this is key2\n[section2]\nkey3=value3"
 	ini := Load(data)
 	if ini.GetValueWithDefault("section1", "key1", "") != "this is a inline comment test" {
 		t.Error("Fail to load ini with inline comments")
diff --git a/loader.go b/loader.go
index e25f75a..059b8c2 100644
--- a/loader.go
+++ b/loader.go
@@ -18,13 +18,18 @@ import (
 // and the char before the ';' or '#' must be a space
 //
 func removeComments(value string) string {
-	pos := strings.LastIndexAny(value, ";#")
-
-	//if no inline comments
-	if pos == -1 || !unicode.IsSpace(rune(value[pos-1])) {
-		return value
-	}
-	return strings.TrimSpace(value[0:pos])
+    n := len( value )
+    i := 0
+    for ;i < n; i++ {
+        if value[i] == '\\' {
+            i++
+        } else if value[i] == ';' || value[i] == '#' {
+            if i > 0 && unicode.IsSpace( rune( value[i-1] ) ) {
+                return strings.TrimSpace( value[0:i] )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return strings.TrimSpace( value )
 }
 
 // check if it is a oct char,e.g. must be char '0' to '7'
diff --git a/loader_test.go b/loader_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0975ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loader_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package ini
+
+import (
+    "testing"
+)
+
+func TestRemoveComments( t *testing.T ) {
+    s := "logfile=/var/log/supervisor/supervisord.log \\; ; (main log file;default $CWD/supervisord.log)"
+    if removeComments( s ) != "logfile=/var/log/supervisor/supervisord.log \\;" {
+        t.Fail()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/properties.go b/properties.go
index fabf777..bf02b6e 100644
--- a/properties.go
+++ b/properties.go
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ func (p *Properties) GetPropertyWithDefault(key string, defValue string) string
 	return defValue
 }
 
+func (p *Properties) GetBool(key string) (bool, error) {
+	return p.ini.GetBool(p.ini.GetDefaultSectionName(), key)
+}
+
+func (p *Properties) GetBoolWithDefault(key string, defValue bool) bool{
+	v, err := p.GetBool(key)
+	if err == nil {
+		return v
+	} else {
+		return defValue
+	}
+}
+
 func (p *Properties) GetInt(key string) (int, error) {
 	return p.ini.GetInt(p.ini.GetDefaultSectionName(), key)
 }