diff --git a/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/exclusions.py b/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/exclusions.py
index c566107..4da74b1 100644
--- a/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/exclusions.py
+++ b/earwigbot/wiki/copyvios/exclusions.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class ExclusionsDB(object):
if source == "User:EarwigBot/Copyvios/Exclusions":
for line in data.splitlines():
- match = re.match(r"^\s*url\s*=\s*(?:\\s*)?(.+?)\s*(?:\\s*)?$", line)
+ match = re.match(r"^\s*url\s*=\s*(?:\\s*)?(.+?)\s*(?:\\s*)?(?:#.*?)?$", line)
if match:
url = re.sub(_RE_STRIP_PREFIX, "", match.group(1))
if url: