diff --git a/ini.d b/ini.d
index 058d23f..d1bdf9c 100644
--- a/ini.d
+++ b/ini.d
@@ -977,6 +977,7 @@ public @safe pure nothrow:
 	///
 	public this(IniParser!(dialect, string) parser) {
 		_parser = parser;
+		_parser.skipIrrelevant(true);
 	}
 
 	///
@@ -1181,6 +1182,16 @@ s2key2	 =	 value no.4
 	assert(parser.empty);
 }
 
+@safe @nogc unittest {
+	static immutable rawIni = "; only a comment";
+
+	auto regularParser = makeIniParser(rawIni);
+	auto filteredParser = makeIniFilteredParser(rawIni);
+
+	assert(!regularParser.empty);
+	assert(filteredParser.empty);
+}
+
 @safe @nogc unittest {
 	static immutable rawIni = "#actually_a = comment\r\n\t#another one\r\n\t\t ; oh, and a third one";
 	enum dialect = (Dialect.hashLineComments | Dialect.lineComments);