diff --git src/password-store.sh src/password-store.sh
index 7264ffc..b17ec58 100755
--- src/password-store.sh
+++ src/password-store.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ set_gpg_recipients() {

  	local gpg_id
  	while read -r gpg_id; do
+		gpg_id="${gpg_id%%#*}"	# strip comment
  		GPG_RECIPIENT_ARGS+=( "-r" "$gpg_id" )
  		GPG_RECIPIENTS+=( "$gpg_id" )
  	done < "$current"