diff --git a/js/__tests__/fixtures/PLEDIT_WITH_EQUALS.txt b/js/__tests__/fixtures/PLEDIT_WITH_EQUALS.txt
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0b59e8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/__tests__/fixtures/PLEDIT_WITH_EQUALS.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[text]
+current=#606060	= current song title highlight
+normal=#000000	= normal song title color
+selectedbg=#6685A5	= selected song background
+normalbg=#7897B7	= the normal background
+MBFG=#000000		= MiniBrowser's font color
+mbbg=#7897B7		= MiniBrowsere's font background color
+font=Ariel		= the font
diff --git a/js/utils.test.ts b/js/utils.test.ts
index 957a2abb..8f26ff2f 100644
--- a/js/utils.test.ts
+++ b/js/utils.test.ts
@@ -265,6 +265,24 @@ bar = baz
     expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
   });
 
+  it("can parse a pledit.txt file that uses = to mark comments", () => {
+    const pledit = fixture("PLEDIT_WITH_EQUALS.TXT");
+    const actual = parseIni(pledit);
+
+    const expected = {
+      text: {
+        normal: "#000000",
+        mbfg: "#000000",
+        current: "#606060",
+        normalbg: "#7897B7",
+        selectedbg: "#6685A5",
+        mbbg: "#7897B7",
+        font: "Ariel",
+      },
+    };
+    expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
   it("allows quotes around values", () => {
     const actual = parseIni(`
 [foo]
diff --git a/js/utils.ts b/js/utils.ts
index 71550b42..cd14e57c 100644
--- a/js/utils.ts
+++ b/js/utils.ts
@@ -101,14 +101,23 @@ export const parseViscolors = (text: string): string[] => {
 };
 
 const SECTION_REGEX = /^\s*\[(.+?)\]\s*$/;
-const PROPERTY_REGEX = /^\s*([^;].*)\s*=\s*(.*)\s*$/;
+const PROPERTY_REGEX = /^\s*([^;][^=]*)\s*=\s*(.*)\s*$/;
 
 export const parseIni = (text: string): IniData => {
   let section: string, match;
   return text.split(/[\r\n]+/g).reduce((data: IniData, line) => {
     if ((match = line.match(PROPERTY_REGEX)) && section != null) {
-      const value = match[2].replace(/(^")|("$)|(^')|('$)/gi, "");
-      data[section][match[1].trim().toLowerCase()] = value;
+      const key = match[1].trim().toLowerCase();
+      const value = match[2]
+        // Ignore anything after a second `=`
+        // TODO: What if this is inside quotes or escaped?
+        .replace(/=.*$/g, "")
+        .trim()
+        // Strip quotes
+        // TODO: What about escaped quotes?
+        // TODO: What about unbalanced quotes?
+        .replace(/(^")|("$)|(^')|('$)/g, "");
+      data[section][key] = value;
     } else if ((match = line.match(SECTION_REGEX))) {
       section = match[1].trim().toLowerCase();
       data[section] = {};