diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a14178d4..baffe87a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to Stability Matrix will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning 2.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## v2.something
+### Fixed
+- Fixed more crashes when loading invalid connected model info files
+- Fixed pip installs not parsing comments properly
+
 ## v2.10.1
 ### Added
 - Added SVD Shared Model & Output Folders for Forge (fixes [#580](https://github.com/LykosAI/StabilityMatrix/issues/580))
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Python/PipInstallArgs.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Python/PipInstallArgs.cs
index 68e371f7..8c33f194 100644
--- a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Python/PipInstallArgs.cs
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Python/PipInstallArgs.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public record PipInstallArgs : ProcessArgsBuilder
     {
         var requirementsEntries = requirements
             .SplitLines(StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries | StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
-            .AsEnumerable();
+            .Where(s => !s.StartsWith('#'));
 
         if (excludePattern is not null)
         {
diff --git a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Services/MetadataImportService.cs b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Services/MetadataImportService.cs
index 21ce5a2c..3830fa70 100644
--- a/StabilityMatrix.Core/Services/MetadataImportService.cs
+++ b/StabilityMatrix.Core/Services/MetadataImportService.cs
@@ -155,9 +155,17 @@ public class MetadataImportService(
         var cmInfoList = new Dictionary<FilePath, ConnectedModelInfo>();
         foreach (var cmInfoPath in directory.EnumerateFiles("*.cm-info.json", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
         {
-            var cmInfo = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ConnectedModelInfo>(
-                await cmInfoPath.ReadAllTextAsync().ConfigureAwait(false)
-            );
+            ConnectedModelInfo? cmInfo;
+            try
+            {
+                cmInfo = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ConnectedModelInfo>(
+                    await cmInfoPath.ReadAllTextAsync().ConfigureAwait(false)
+                );
+            }
+            catch (JsonException)
+            {
+                cmInfo = null;
+            }
             if (cmInfo == null)
                 continue;