diff --git a/src/preprocessors/preprocessor.ts b/src/preprocessors/preprocessor.ts
index 8b50b65..b0062b4 100644
--- a/src/preprocessors/preprocessor.ts
+++ b/src/preprocessors/preprocessor.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { ImportDeclaration } from '@babel/types';
 
 import { PrettierOptions } from '../types';
 import { extractASTNodes } from '../utils/extract-ast-nodes.js';
+import { getAllCommentsFromNodes } from '../utils/get-all-comments-from-nodes.js';
 import { getCodeFromAst } from '../utils/get-code-from-ast.js';
 import { getExperimentalParserPlugins } from '../utils/get-experimental-parser-plugins.js';
 import { getSortedNodes } from '../utils/get-sorted-nodes.js';
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ export function preprocessor(code: string, options: PrettierOptions) {
 
     const ast = babelParser(code, parserOptions);
 
+    if (isSortImportsIgnored(ast.program.body[0]?.leadingComments ?? []))
+        return code;
+
     const {
         importNodes,
         injectIdx,
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ export function preprocessor(code: string, options: PrettierOptions) {
 
     // short-circuit if there are no import declaration
     if (importNodes.length === 0) return code;
-    if (isSortImportsIgnored(importNodes)) return code;
+    if (isSortImportsIgnored(getAllCommentsFromNodes(importNodes))) return code;
 
     const allImports = getSortedNodes(importNodes, {
         importOrder,
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/is-sort-imports-ignored.spec.ts b/src/utils/__tests__/is-sort-imports-ignored.spec.ts
index 37deb9f..d6c0021 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/is-sort-imports-ignored.spec.ts
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/is-sort-imports-ignored.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, test } from 'vitest';
 
+import { getAllCommentsFromNodes } from '../get-all-comments-from-nodes';
 import { getImportNodes } from '../get-import-nodes';
 import { isSortImportsIgnored } from '../is-sort-imports-ignored';
 
@@ -12,14 +13,30 @@ const codeNotIgnored = `// second comment
 import z from 'z';
 `;
 
+const notIgnoreTextWithIgnoreLine = `// you need to write sort-imports-ignore
+import z from 'z';
+`;
+
 test('it should return true if specific leading comment detected', () => {
     const importNodes = getImportNodes(codeIgnored);
 
-    expect(isSortImportsIgnored(importNodes)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+        isSortImportsIgnored(getAllCommentsFromNodes(importNodes)),
+    ).toBeTruthy();
 });
 
 test('it should return false if no specific leading comment detected', () => {
     const importNodes = getImportNodes(codeNotIgnored);
 
-    expect(isSortImportsIgnored(importNodes)).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(
+        isSortImportsIgnored(getAllCommentsFromNodes(importNodes)),
+    ).toBeFalsy();
+});
+
+test('it should return false if ignore isnt on top of comment', () => {
+    const importNodes = getImportNodes(notIgnoreTextWithIgnoreLine);
+
+    expect(
+        isSortImportsIgnored(getAllCommentsFromNodes(importNodes)),
+    ).toBeFalsy();
 });
diff --git a/src/utils/is-sort-imports-ignored.ts b/src/utils/is-sort-imports-ignored.ts
index dc294cd..28e5fb5 100644
--- a/src/utils/is-sort-imports-ignored.ts
+++ b/src/utils/is-sort-imports-ignored.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-import { Statement } from '@babel/types';
+import { Comment } from '@babel/types';
 
 import { sortImportsIgnoredComment } from '../constants.js';
-import { getAllCommentsFromNodes } from './get-all-comments-from-nodes.js';
 
-export const isSortImportsIgnored = (nodes: Statement[]) =>
-    getAllCommentsFromNodes(nodes).some(
-        (comment) =>
-            comment.loc &&
-            comment.loc.start.line === 1 &&
-            comment.value.includes(sortImportsIgnoredComment),
+export const isSortImportsIgnored = (comments: Comment[]) => {
+    return comments.some((comment) =>
+        comment.value.trimStart().startsWith(sortImportsIgnoredComment),
     );
+};