diff --git a/src/drivers/sqlite/sql-parse-table.test.ts b/src/drivers/sqlite/sql-parse-table.test.ts
index c193905c..52d6d818 100644
--- a/src/drivers/sqlite/sql-parse-table.test.ts
+++ b/src/drivers/sqlite/sql-parse-table.test.ts
@@ -256,4 +256,32 @@ describe("parse create table", () => {
       constraints: [],
     } as DatabaseTableSchema);
   });
+
+  test("ignore sql comments inside create table", () => {
+    const sql = `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test1 (
+  day TEXT PRIMARY KEY, -- 'yyyy-MM-dd'
+  total_size INTEGER /* bytes, -- not a line comment */
+  -- trailing comment
+)`;
+
+    expect(p(sql)).toEqual({
+      tableName: "test1",
+      schemaName: "main",
+      autoIncrement: false,
+      pk: ["day"],
+      columns: [
+        {
+          name: "day",
+          type: "TEXT",
+          pk: true,
+          constraint: { primaryKey: true, autoIncrement: false },
+        },
+        {
+          name: "total_size",
+          type: "INTEGER",
+        },
+      ],
+      constraints: [],
+    } as DatabaseTableSchema);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/drivers/sqlite/sql-parse-table.ts b/src/drivers/sqlite/sql-parse-table.ts
index dea4335d..59333f03 100644
--- a/src/drivers/sqlite/sql-parse-table.ts
+++ b/src/drivers/sqlite/sql-parse-table.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ import { unescapeIdentity } from "./sql-helper";
 export class CursorV2 {
   private ptr: number = 0;
 
-  constructor(private tokens: Token[]) {
+  private tokens: Token[];
+
+  constructor(tokens: Token[]) {
+    this.tokens = tokens.filter((t) => t.type !== "COMMENT");
+
     // Trim whitespace tokens from the beginning and end
     while (this.tokens.length > 0 && this.tokens[0].type === "WHITESPACE") {
       this.tokens.shift();
@@ -27,8 +31,6 @@ export class CursorV2 {
     ) {
       this.tokens.pop();
     }
-
-    this.tokens = tokens;
   }
 
   getPointer() {
@@ -563,7 +565,7 @@ export function parseCreateTableScript(
   cursor.expectTokenOptional("TEMPORARY");
   cursor.expectTokenOptional("VIRTUAL");
   cursor.expectToken("TABLE");
-  cursor.expectTokensOptional(["IF", "NOT", "EXIST"]);
+  cursor.expectTokensOptional(["IF", "NOT", "EXISTS"]);
 
   const tableName = cursor.consumeIdentifier();