diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_pending_sql.yml b/.github/workflows/check_pending_sql.yml
index 1f5746155..3262b9503 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_pending_sql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_pending_sql.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Semicolon check
         run: |
          for i in `find data/sql/updates/pending* -name "*.sql" -type f`; do
-         if [[ $(cat "$i"|tr -d '\n'|tail -c 1) != ";"  ]]; then
+         if [[ $(cat "$i"|sed 's/ --.*$//'|tr -d '\n'|tail -c 1) != ";"  ]]; then
             echo "Missing Semicolon at the end of the file. (;)"
             exit 1
          else