diff --git a/src/scripts/pycompare.py b/src/scripts/pycompare.py
index 193860f0b95245e47976bc1be916374d75e3837d..a5129deccf54c1071bd2c4d6f002defe18a9ffa4 100755
--- a/src/scripts/pycompare.py
+++ b/src/scripts/pycompare.py
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ def compare_files(config):
         print("INFO: using line-wise mode")
         print("INFO: counting result lines...")
         while (f_lines[0] != ''):
+            if (c_lines[0].startswith("INSERTION:")):
+                c_lines = [c_file.readline()]
             if (c_lines[0] != ''):
                 line_count += 1
             else:
@@ -166,6 +168,8 @@ def compare_files(config):
         else:
             f_lines = [fortran_file.readline()]
             c_lines = [c_file.readline()]
+            if (c_lines[0].startswith("INSERTION:")):
+                c_lines = [c_file.readline()]
             num_read_lines += 1
         # Start here the comparison loop
         if (len(f_lines) == len(c_lines)):
@@ -429,7 +433,7 @@ def parse_arguments():
         'fortran_file_name': '',
         'c_file_name': '',
         'full_log': False,
-        'linewise': False,
+        'linewise': True,
         'log_html': False,
         'html_output': 'pycompare.html',
         'warning_threshold': 0.005,
@@ -475,7 +479,7 @@ def print_help():
     print("--full                    Print all lines to log file (default prints only mismatches).")
     print("--help                    Print this help and exit.")
     print("--html[=OPT_OUTPUT_NAME]  Enable logging to HTML file (default logs to \"pycompare.html\").")
-    print("--linewise                Load only one line at a time. Useful to compare big files (false by default).")
+    print("--linewise                Load only one line at a time. Useful to compare big files (True by default).")
     print("--quick                   Stop on first mismatch (default is to perform a full check).")
     print("--warn                    Set a fractional threshold for numeric warning (default = 0.005).")
     print("                                            ")