diff --git a/include/openspace/interaction/sessionrecording.h b/include/openspace/interaction/sessionrecording.h
index 23635a7780..2a23252cd6 100644
--- a/include/openspace/interaction/sessionrecording.h
+++ b/include/openspace/interaction/sessionrecording.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static const std::string SessionRecordingFileHeaderTitle = "OpenSpace_record/pla
 static const std::string SessionRecordingHeaderCameraAscii = "camera";
 static const std::string SessionRecordingHeaderTimeAscii = "time";
 static const std::string SessionRecordingHeaderScriptAscii = "script";
+static const std::string SessionRecordingHeaderCommentAscii = "#";
 static const std::string SessionRecordingFileExtensionBinary = ".osrec";
 static const std::string SessionRecordingFileExtensionAscii = ".osrectxt";
 static const char SessionRecordingHeaderCameraBinary = 'c';
diff --git a/src/interaction/sessionrecording.cpp b/src/interaction/sessionrecording.cpp
index a39e059351..9d31e5ba43 100644
--- a/src/interaction/sessionrecording.cpp
+++ b/src/interaction/sessionrecording.cpp
@@ -738,6 +738,9 @@ bool SessionRecording::playbackAddEntriesToTimeline() {
             else if (entryType == SessionRecordingHeaderScriptAscii) {
                 parsingStatusOk = playbackScript();
             }
+            else if (entryType.substr(0, 1) == SessionRecordingHeaderCommentAscii) {
+                continue;
+            }
             else {
                 LERROR(fmt::format(
                     "Unknown frame type {} @ line {} of playback file {}",
diff --git a/src/interaction/tasks/convertrecformattask.cpp b/src/interaction/tasks/convertrecformattask.cpp
index de938626ec..05ad083dae 100644
--- a/src/interaction/tasks/convertrecformattask.cpp
+++ b/src/interaction/tasks/convertrecformattask.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ void ConvertRecFormatTask::convertToBinary() {
             SessionRecording::saveScriptKeyframeBinary(times, skf, keyframeBuffer,
             _oFile);
         }
+        else if (entryType.substr(0, 1) == SessionRecordingHeaderCommentAscii) {
+            continue;
+        }
         else {
             LERROR(fmt::format(
                 "Unknown frame type {} @ line {} of file {}",