diff --git a/Unix/cloc b/Unix/cloc
index 2650b583..74b7d344 100755
--- a/Unix/cloc
+++ b/Unix/cloc
@@ -12022,7 +12022,9 @@ sub call_parse_civet {                       # {{{1
     }
     my (@step_1, @step_2, @step_3, @step_4);
     if ($coffeeComment) {
-        @step_4 = remove_matches($ra_lines, '^\s*#');
+        @step_1 = call_regexp_common($ra_lines, 'C');
+        @step_2 = remove_between_general(\@step_1, '###', '###');
+        @step_4 = remove_matches(        \@step_2, '^\s*#');
     } else {
         @step_1 = call_regexp_common($ra_lines, 'C');
         @step_2 = remove_matches(        \@step_1, '^///');
diff --git a/cloc b/cloc
index f3b09421..776d3320 100755
--- a/cloc
+++ b/cloc
@@ -12012,7 +12012,9 @@ sub call_parse_civet {                       # {{{1
     }
     my (@step_1, @step_2, @step_3, @step_4);
     if ($coffeeComment) {
-        @step_4 = remove_matches($ra_lines, '^\s*#');
+        @step_1 = call_regexp_common($ra_lines, 'C');
+        @step_2 = remove_between_general(\@step_1, '###', '###');
+        @step_4 = remove_matches(        \@step_2, '^\s*#');
     } else {
         @step_1 = call_regexp_common($ra_lines, 'C');
         @step_2 = remove_matches(        \@step_1, '^///');
diff --git a/tests/outputs/parser_2.civet.yaml b/tests/outputs/parser_2.civet.yaml
index 968536de..31387843 100644
--- a/tests/outputs/parser_2.civet.yaml
+++ b/tests/outputs/parser_2.civet.yaml
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
 header : 
   cloc_url           : github.com/AlDanial/cloc
   cloc_version       : 2.03
-  elapsed_seconds    : 0.00371313095092773
+  elapsed_seconds    : 0.00477790832519531
   n_files            : 1
   n_lines            : 37
-  files_per_second   : 269.31449852318
-  lines_per_second   : 9964.63644535765
+  files_per_second   : 209.296606786427
+  lines_per_second   : 7743.9744510978
   report_file        : tests/outputs/parser_2.civet.yaml
 'Civet' :
   nFiles: 1
   blank: 4
-  comment: 9
-  code: 24
+  comment: 14
+  code: 19
 SUM: 
   blank: 4
-  comment: 9
-  code: 24
+  comment: 14
+  code: 19
   nFiles: 1