diff --git a/aider/watch.py b/aider/watch.py
index 4c19f41fa..0a89ffd9a 100644
--- a/aider/watch.py
+++ b/aider/watch.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def get_ai_comment(filepath, encoding="utf-8"):
     comments = []
     try:
         with open(filepath, encoding=encoding, errors="ignore") as f:
-            for line in f:
+            for line in f:#ai
                 if match := re.search(r"(?:#|//) *ai\b?(.*)", line, re.IGNORECASE):
                     comment = match.group(1).strip()
                     if comment: