diff --git a/dist/pofile.js b/dist/pofile.js
index 239e97a..07fa3f1 100644
--- a/dist/pofile.js
+++ b/dist/pofile.js
@@ -219,23 +219,17 @@ PO.Item.prototype.toString = function () {
     // https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/PO-Files.html
     // says order is translator-comments, extracted-comments, references, flags
 
-    if (this.comments.length > 0) {
-        this.comments.forEach(function (c) {
-            lines.push('# ' + c);
-        });
-    }
+    this.comments.forEach(function (c) {
+        lines.push('# ' + c);
+    });
 
-    if (this.extractedComments.length > 0) {
-        this.extractedComments.forEach(function (c) {
-            lines.push('#. ' + c);
-        });
-    }
+    this.extractedComments.forEach(function (c) {
+        lines.push('#. ' + c);
+    });
 
-    if (this.references.length > 0) {
-        this.references.forEach(function (ref) {
-            lines.push('#: ' + ref);
-        });
-    }
+    this.references.forEach(function (ref) {
+        lines.push('#: ' + ref);
+    });
 
     var flags = Object.keys(this.flags);
     if (flags.length > 0) {
diff --git a/dist/pofile.min.js b/dist/pofile.min.js
index 21959aa..d807949 100644
--- a/dist/pofile.min.js
+++ b/dist/pofile.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
+require=function a(b,c,d){function e(g,h){if(!c[g]){if(!b[g]){var i="function"==typeof require&&require;if(!h&&i)return i(g,!0);if(f)return f(g,!0);throw new Error("Cannot find module '"+g+"'")}var j=c[g]={exports:{}};b[g][0].call(j.exports,function(a){var c=b[g][1][a];return e(c?c:a)},j,j.exports,a,b,c,d)}return c[g].exports}for(var f="function"==typeof require&&require,g=0;g<d.length;g++)e(d[g]);return e}({W8CkM0:[function(a,b){function c(a){return a.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"")}var d=a("fs"),e=a("lodash.isarray"),f=function(){this.comments=[],this.headers={},this.items=[]};f.prototype.save=function(a,b){d.writeFile(a,this.toString(),b)},f.prototype.toString=function(){var a=[],b=this;this.comments&&this.comments.forEach(function(b){a.push("# "+b)}),a.push('msgid ""'),a.push('msgstr ""');var c=Object.keys(this.headers);return c.forEach(function(c){a.push('"'+c+": "+b.headers[c]+'\\n"')}),a.push(""),this.items.forEach(function(b){a.push(b.toString()),a.push("")}),a.join("\n")},f.load=function(a,b){d.readFile(a,"utf-8",function(a,c){if(a)return b(a);var d=f.parse(c);b(null,d)})},f.parse=function(a){function b(){j.msgid.length>0&&(e.items.push(j),j=new f.Item,j.obsolete=m,m=!1)}function d(a){return a=c(a),a=a.replace(/^[^"]*"|"$/g,""),a=a.replace(/\\"/g,'"'),a=a.replace(/\\\\/g,"\\")}a=a.replace(/\r\n/g,"\n");var e=new f,g=a.split(/\n\n/),h=g.shift(),i=g.join("\n").split(/\n/);e.headers={"Project-Id-Version":"","Report-Msgid-Bugs-To":"","POT-Creation-Date":"","PO-Revision-Date":"","Last-Translator":"",Language:"","Language-Team":"","Content-Type":"","Content-Transfer-Encoding":"","Plural-Forms":""},h.split(/\n/).forEach(function(a){if(a.match(/^#/)&&e.comments.push(a.replace(/^#\s*/,"")),a.match(/^"/)){a=a.trim().replace(/^"/,"").replace(/\\n"$/,"");var b=a.split(/:/),c=b.shift().trim(),d=b.join(":").trim();e.headers[c]=d}});for(var j=new f.Item,k=null,l=0,m=!1;i.length>0;){var n=c(i.shift());if(n.match(/^#\~/)?(m=!0,n=c(n.substring(2))):m=!1,n.match(/^#:/))b(),j.references.push(c(n.replace(/^#:/,"")));else if(n.match(/^#,/)){b();for(var o=c(n.replace(/^#,/,"")).split(","),p=0;p<o.length;p++)j.flags[o[p]]=!0}else if(n.match(/^#\s+/))b(),j.comments.push(c(n.replace(/^#\s+/,"")));else if(n.match(/^#\./))b(),j.extractedComments.push(c(n.replace(/^#\./,"")));else if(n.match(/^msgid_plural/))j.msgid_plural=d(n),k="msgid_plural";else if(n.match(/^msgid/))b(),j.msgid=d(n),k="msgid";else if(n.match(/^msgstr/)){var q=n.match(/^msgstr\[(\d+)\]/);l=q&&q[1]?parseInt(q[1]):0,j.msgstr[l]=d(n),k="msgstr"}else n.match(/^msgctxt/)?(b(),j.msgctxt=d(n)):n.length>0&&("msgstr"===k?j.msgstr[l]+=d(n):"msgid"===k?j.msgid+=d(n):"msgid_plural"===k&&(j.msgid_plural+=d(n)))}return b(),e},f.Item=function(){this.msgid="",this.msgctxt=null,this.references=[],this.msgid_plural=null,this.msgstr=[],this.comments=[],this.extractedComments=[],this.flags={},this.obsolete=!1},f.Item.prototype.toString=function(){var a=[],b=this,c=function(a){return a=a.replace(/\\/g,"\\\\"),a.replace(/"/g,'\\"')},d=function(a,b,d){var e=[],f=b.split(/\n/),g="undefined"!=typeof d?"["+d+"]":"";return f.length>1?(e.push(a+g+' ""'),f.forEach(function(a){e.push('"'+c(a)+'"')})):e.push(a+g+' "'+c(b)+'"'),e};this.comments.forEach(function(b){a.push("# "+b)}),this.extractedComments.forEach(function(b){a.push("#. "+b)}),this.references.forEach(function(b){a.push("#: "+b)});var f=Object.keys(this.flags);return f.length>0&&a.push("#, "+f.join(",")),["msgctxt","msgid","msgid_plural","msgstr"].forEach(function(c){var f=b[c];null!=f&&(e(f)&&f.length>1?f.forEach(function(b,e){a=a.concat(d(c,b,e))}):(f=e(f)?f.join():f,a=a.concat(d(c,f))))}),this.obsolete?"#~ "+a.join("\n#~ "):a.join("\n")},b.exports=f},{fs:3,"lodash.isarray":4}],pofile:[function(a,b){b.exports=a("W8CkM0")},{}],3:[function(){},{}],4:[function(a,b){var c=a("lodash._isnative"),d="[object Array]",e=Object.prototype,f=e.toString,g=c(g=Array.isArray)&&g,h=g||function(a){return a&&"object"==typeof a&&"number"==typeof a.length&&f.call(a)==d||!1};b.exports=h},{"lodash._isnative":5}],5:[function(a,b){function c(a){return"function"==typeof a&&f.test(a)}var d=Object.prototype,e=d.toString,f=RegExp("^"+String(e).replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g,"\\$&").replace(/toString| for [^\]]+/g,".*?")+"$");b.exports=c},{}]},{},["W8CkM0"]);
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diff --git a/lib/po.js b/lib/po.js
index 8c0b609..08b4786 100644
--- a/lib/po.js
+++ b/lib/po.js
@@ -218,23 +218,17 @@ PO.Item.prototype.toString = function () {
     // https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/PO-Files.html
     // says order is translator-comments, extracted-comments, references, flags
 
-    if (this.comments.length > 0) {
-        this.comments.forEach(function (c) {
-            lines.push('# ' + c);
-        });
-    }
+    this.comments.forEach(function (c) {
+        lines.push('# ' + c);
+    });
 
-    if (this.extractedComments.length > 0) {
-        this.extractedComments.forEach(function (c) {
-            lines.push('#. ' + c);
-        });
-    }
+    this.extractedComments.forEach(function (c) {
+        lines.push('#. ' + c);
+    });
 
-    if (this.references.length > 0) {
-        this.references.forEach(function (ref) {
-            lines.push('#: ' + ref);
-        });
-    }
+    this.references.forEach(function (ref) {
+        lines.push('#: ' + ref);
+    });
 
     var flags = Object.keys(this.flags);
     if (flags.length > 0) {