diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
index c79938e613..d1b47b449b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
@@ -62,28 +62,30 @@ protected override void ParseStreamInto(StreamReader stream, Beatmap beatmap)
 
         protected override void ParseLine(Beatmap beatmap, Section section, string line)
         {
+            var strippedLine = StripComments(line);
+
             switch (section)
             {
                 case Section.General:
-                    handleGeneral(line);
+                    handleGeneral(strippedLine);
                     return;
                 case Section.Editor:
-                    handleEditor(line);
+                    handleEditor(strippedLine);
                     return;
                 case Section.Metadata:
                     handleMetadata(line);
                     return;
                 case Section.Difficulty:
-                    handleDifficulty(line);
+                    handleDifficulty(strippedLine);
                     return;
                 case Section.Events:
-                    handleEvent(line);
+                    handleEvent(strippedLine);
                     return;
                 case Section.TimingPoints:
-                    handleTimingPoint(line);
+                    handleTimingPoint(strippedLine);
                     return;
                 case Section.HitObjects:
-                    handleHitObject(line);
+                    handleHitObject(strippedLine);
                     return;
             }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
index c8874c3bc7..91c1c98438 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ protected override void ParseStreamInto(StreamReader stream, T output)
 
         protected virtual void ParseLine(T output, Section section, string line)
         {
+            line = StripComments(line);
+
             switch (section)
             {
                 case Section.Colours:
@@ -65,6 +67,14 @@ protected virtual void ParseLine(T output, Section section, string line)
             }
         }
 
+        protected string StripComments(string line)
+        {
+            var index = line.IndexOf("//", StringComparison.Ordinal);
+            if (index > 0)
+                return line.Substring(0, index);
+            return line;
+        }
+
         private bool hasComboColours;
 
         private void handleColours(T output, string line)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyStoryboardDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyStoryboardDecoder.cs
index 868ae5206a..b418cbd5ec 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyStoryboardDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyStoryboardDecoder.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ protected override void ParseStreamInto(StreamReader stream, Storyboard storyboa
 
         protected override void ParseLine(Storyboard storyboard, Section section, string line)
         {
+            line = StripComments(line);
+
             switch (section)
             {
                 case Section.Events:
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
index d8b714529b..49a180902b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
@@ -219,9 +219,7 @@ private void load(AudioManager audio, APIAccess api, OsuConfigManager config)
                     {
                         if (!IsCurrentScreen) return;
 
-                        //we want to hide the hitrenderer immediately (looks better).
-                        //we may be able to remove this once the mouse cursor trail is improved.
-                        RulesetContainer?.Hide();
+                        pauseContainer.Hide();
                         Restart();
                     },
                 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs
index 0ef54c7310..d4f1c5c6f1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinDecoder.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ public LegacySkinDecoder()
 
         protected override void ParseLine(SkinConfiguration skin, Section section, string line)
         {
+            line = StripComments(line);
+
             switch (section)
             {
                 case Section.General: