diff --git a/comment.go b/comment.go
index 3c48d61..705b957 100644
--- a/comment.go
+++ b/comment.go
@@ -39,7 +39,14 @@ func parseFormatCommentsSet(formatSet string) (*formatComment, error) {
 func (f *File) GetComments() (comments map[string][]Comment) {
 	comments = map[string][]Comment{}
 	for n, path := range f.sheetMap {
-		if d := f.commentsReader("xl" + strings.TrimPrefix(f.getSheetComments(filepath.Base(path)), "..")); d != nil {
+		target := f.getSheetComments(filepath.Base(path))
+		if target == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !filepath.IsAbs(target) {
+			target = "xl" + strings.TrimPrefix(target, "..")
+		}
+		if d := f.commentsReader(strings.TrimPrefix(target, "/")); d != nil {
 			sheetComments := []Comment{}
 			for _, comment := range d.CommentList.Comment {
 				sheetComment := Comment{}
diff --git a/comment_test.go b/comment_test.go
index ee8b826..19b705f 100644
--- a/comment_test.go
+++ b/comment_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func TestAddComments(t *testing.T) {
 	comments := f.GetComments()
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 2, len(comments["Sheet1"]))
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 1, len(comments["Sheet2"]))
+	assert.EqualValues(t, len(NewFile().GetComments()), 0)
 }
 
 func TestDecodeVMLDrawingReader(t *testing.T) {