diff --git a/spec/beef/security_checks_spec.rb b/spec/beef/security_checks_spec.rb
index 9f8bf0cce..c05832311 100644
--- a/spec/beef/security_checks_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/beef/security_checks_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ RSpec.describe 'BeEF Security Checks' do
         next if %r{extensions/dns}.match(path) # skip this file
 
         f.grep(/\Weval\W/im) do |line|
-          raise "Illegal use of 'eval' found in\n Path: #{path}\nLine:  #{line}"
+          # check if comment starting with the '#' character
+          clean_line = line.downcase.gsub(/[ ]/, "")
+          if clean_line[0] != '#' # check first non-whitespace position
+            raise "Illegal use of 'eval' found in\n Path: #{path}\nLine:  #{line}"
+          end 
         end
       end
     end