diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index c417512d..189a3da4 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ func (c *Command) Reset() {
 
 func Parse(reader io.Reader) ([]Command, error) {
 	var commands []Command
-
 	var command, modelCommand Command
 
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
@@ -47,6 +46,8 @@ func Parse(reader io.Reader) ([]Command, error) {
 			command.Name = string(fields[0])
 			command.Args = string(fields[1])
 		default:
+			// log a warning for unknown commands
+			fmt.Printf("WARNING: Unknown command: %s\n", fields[0])
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -55,27 +56,29 @@ func Parse(reader io.Reader) ([]Command, error) {
 	}
 
 	if modelCommand.Args == "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no FROM line for the model was specified")
+		return nil, errors.New("no FROM line for the model was specified")
 	}
 
 	return commands, scanner.Err()
 }
 
 func scanModelfile(data []byte, atEOF bool) (advance int, token []byte, err error) {
+	const multilineString = `"""`
+
 	newline := bytes.IndexByte(data, '\n')
 
-	if start := bytes.Index(data, []byte(`"""`)); start >= 0 && start < newline {
-		end := bytes.Index(data[start+3:], []byte(`"""`))
+	if start := bytes.Index(data, []byte(multilineString)); start >= 0 && start < newline {
+		end := bytes.Index(data[start+len(multilineString):], []byte(multilineString))
 		if end < 0 {
 			if atEOF {
-				return 0, nil, errors.New(`unterminated multiline string: """`)
+				return 0, nil, errors.New("unterminated multiline string: " + multilineString)
 			} else {
 				return 0, nil, nil
 			}
 		}
 
-		n := start + 3 + end + 3
-		return n, bytes.Replace(data[:n], []byte(`"""`), []byte(""), 2), nil
+		n := start + len(multilineString) + end + len(multilineString)
+		return n, data[:n], nil
 	}
 
 	return bufio.ScanLines(data, atEOF)