diff --git a/workflow/scripts/filter_genes.py b/workflow/scripts/filter_genes.py
index c7a6d4e7..fb33afc9 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/filter_genes.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/filter_genes.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ def handle_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback):
 import pyfastx
 
 
-faa_iterator = pyfastx.Fastx(snakemake.input.faa, format="fasta")
-fna_iterator = pyfastx.Fastx(snakemake.input.fna, format="fasta")
+faa_iterator = pyfastx.Fastx(snakemake.input.faa, format="fasta",comment=True)
+fna_iterator = pyfastx.Fastx(snakemake.input.fna, format="fasta",comment=True)
 
 
 with open(snakemake.output.faa, "w") as out_faa, open(