diff --git a/src/native/cli.d b/src/native/cli.d
index 6513420..0faffde 100644
--- a/src/native/cli.d
+++ b/src/native/cli.d
@@ -7,21 +7,20 @@ import argparse;
 
     # Minify the specified files
     minijson ./dist/**/*.json ./build/a.json
+    minijson file1_with_comment.json file2_with_comment.json
 
-    # Minify the specified files (supports comments)
-    minijson --comment file1_with_comment.json file2_with_comment.json
+    # Minify the specified files and disable comment support for faster minification
+    minijson --comment=false file1_no_comment.json file2_no_comment.json
 
     # Minify the specified json string
     minijson --str '{"some_json": "string_here"}'
-
-    # Minify the specified json string (supports comments)
-    minijson --comment --str '{"some_json": "string_here"} //comment'
+    minijson --str '{"some_json": "string_here"} //comment'
 
     More information at https://github.com/aminya/minijson
   `))
 struct Options
 {
-  bool comment = false;
+  bool comment = true;
   string[] str;
   // (Deprecated) A list of files to minify (for backwards compatiblitity with getopt)
   string[] file;
diff --git a/src/native/lib.d b/src/native/lib.d
index 2b0939c..bb512df 100644
--- a/src/native/lib.d
+++ b/src/native/lib.d
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ const tokenizerNoComment = ctRegex!(`[\n\r"[]]`, "g");
 
   Params:
     jsonString  = the json string you want to minify
-    hasComment = a boolean to support comments in json. Default: `false`.
+    hasComment = a boolean to support comments in json. Default: `true`.
 
   Return:
     the minified json string
 */
-string minifyString(in string jsonString, in bool hasComment = false) @trusted
+string minifyString(in string jsonString, in bool hasComment = true) @trusted
 {
   return hasComment ? minifyStringWithComments(jsonString) : minifyStringNoComments(jsonString);
 }
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ private bool hasNoSpace(const ref string str) @trusted
   Return:
     the minified json strings
 */
-string[] minifyStrings(in string[] jsonStrings, in bool hasComment = false) @trusted
+string[] minifyStrings(in string[] jsonStrings, in bool hasComment = true) @trusted
 {
   import std.algorithm : map;
   import std.array : array;
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ string[] minifyStrings(in string[] jsonStrings, in bool hasComment = false) @tru
     paths = the paths to the files. It could be glob patterns.
     hasComment = a boolean to support comments in json. Default: `false`.
 */
-void minifyFiles(in string[] paths, in bool hasComment = false) @trusted
+void minifyFiles(in string[] paths, in bool hasComment = true) @trusted
 {
   import std.parallelism : parallel;
   import std.algorithm;
diff --git a/src/native/libc.d b/src/native/libc.d
index c8b19eb..78e6dcb 100644
--- a/src/native/libc.d
+++ b/src/native/libc.d
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import minijson.lib : minifyString;
 
   Params:
     jsonString  = the json string you want to minify
-    hasComment = a boolean to support comments in json. Default: `false`.
+    hasComment = a boolean to support comments in json. Default: `true`.
 
   Return:
     the minified json string
 */
-extern (C) auto c_minifyString(char* jsonCString, bool hasComment = false)
+extern (C) auto c_minifyString(char* jsonCString, bool hasComment = true)
 {
   import std : fromStringz, toStringz;
 
diff --git a/src/node/lib.ts b/src/node/lib.ts
index c113f0c..2ad32c3 100644
--- a/src/node/lib.ts
+++ b/src/node/lib.ts
@@ -7,20 +7,18 @@ import { join } from "path"
  * Minify all the given JSON files in place. It minifies the files in parallel.
  *
  * @param files An array of paths to the files
- * @param hasComment A boolean to support comments in json. Default `false`.
+ * @param hasComment A boolean to support comments in json. Default `true`.
  * @returns {Promise<void>} Returns a void promise that resolves when all the files are minified
  * @throws {Promise<string | Error>} The promise is rejected with the reason for failure
  */
-export async function minifyFiles(files: string[], hasComment = false): Promise<void> {
+export async function minifyFiles(files: readonly string[], hasComment = true): Promise<void> {
   try {
     const filesNum = files.length
     if (filesNum === 0) {
       return Promise.resolve()
     }
 
-    const minijsonArgs = hasComment ? ["--comment", ...files] : files
-
-    await spawnMinijson(minijsonArgs)
+    await spawnMinijson([...files, hasComment ? "--comment=true" : "--comment=false"])
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(e, "Falling back to jsonminify")
     await minifyFilesFallback(files)
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ export function spawnMinijson(args: string[]): Promise<string> {
   })
 }
 
-async function minifyFilesFallback(files: string[]) {
+async function minifyFilesFallback(files: readonly string[]) {
   const jsonminify = require("jsonminify")
   await Promise.all(
     files.map(async (file) => {
@@ -64,11 +62,11 @@ async function minifyFilesFallback(files: string[]) {
  * Minify the given JSON string
  *
  * @param jsonString The json string you want to minify
- * @param hasComment A boolean to support comments in json. Default `false`.
+ * @param hasComment A boolean to support comments in json. Default `true`.
  * @returns {Promise<string>} The minified json string
  * @throws {Promise<string | Error>} The promise is rejected with the reason for failure
  */
-export async function minifyString(jsonString: string, hasComment = false): Promise<string> {
+export async function minifyString(jsonString: string, hasComment = true): Promise<string> {
   const args = ["--str", jsonString]
   if (hasComment) {
     args.push("--comment")