diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9093572..b15cd9a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ help: build
 test:
 	reset
 	make goimports vet build
+	git checkout example/fruit.proto
 	make -C example testGlobal
 	make -C example testProtoc
 	make -C example all
@@ -92,12 +93,19 @@ clean-more:
 	ls -l autogenpb autogenpb.last
 	-rm -f autogenpb.2*
 
-reformat-signal.proto-comments:
+reformat-signal.proto-reset:
+	git checkout example/*.proto
+
+reformat-signal.proto-comments: goimports vet build
 	git checkout example/fruit.proto
 	make -C example proto-reformat-restore
 	make -C example proto-reformat-comments
 
-reformat-signal.proto-full:
-	git checkout example/fruit.proto
+reformat-signal.proto-full: goimports vet build
+	git checkout example/*.proto
 	make -C example proto-reformat-restore
 	make -C example proto-reformat-full
+
+reformat-signal.proto-fruit: goimports vet build
+	git checkout example/*.proto
+	make -C example proto-reformat-fruit
diff --git a/example/Makefile b/example/Makefile
index 52ee5c6..2947745 100644
--- a/example/Makefile
+++ b/example/Makefile
@@ -111,3 +111,6 @@ proto-reformat-comments:
 
 proto-reformat-full:
 	autogenpb --proto signal.proto --format
+
+proto-reformat-fruit:
+	autogenpb --proto fruit.proto --format
diff --git a/protoReformat.go b/protoReformat.go
index 6afb93f..664e792 100644
--- a/protoReformat.go
+++ b/protoReformat.go
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ func protoReformat(filename string) error {
 
 	var newfile string
 
-	var fmtmsg *FormatMsg
-	fmtmsg = new(FormatMsg)
-
 	var bigName int64
 	var bigType int64
 
+	var fmtmsg *FormatMsg
+	fmtmsg = new(FormatMsg)
+
 	var inMessage bool
 	var allLinesIter iter.Seq[string]
 	allLinesIter = makeLineIter(data)
@@ -110,10 +110,15 @@ func protoReformat(filename string) error {
 		if !inMessage {
 			continue
 		}
-		fmtmsg.Lines = append(fmtmsg.Lines, line)
 	}
-	fmtmsg.MaxVarname = bigName
-	fmtmsg.MaxVartype = bigType
+
+	var basemsg *FormatMsg
+	basemsg = new(FormatMsg)
+	basemsg.MaxVarname = bigName
+	basemsg.MaxVartype = bigType
+	inMessage = false
+
+	var comments string
 
 	// write out the messages
 	allTheLines = newLinesScanner(strings.Split(string(data), "\n"))
@@ -121,35 +126,59 @@ func protoReformat(filename string) error {
 		line := allTheLines.NextRaw()
 
 		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "oneof ") {
-			newmsg := fmtmsg.newOneofMessage(line)
+			newmsg := basemsg.newOneofMessage(line)
+			newmsg.msgPB.Notes = strings.Split(comments, "\n")
 			newmsg.load()
-			for _, newline := range newmsg.msgPB.format() {
-				newfile += fmt.Sprintln(newline)
-			}
+			basemsg.Msgs = append(basemsg.Msgs, newmsg.msgPB)
+			/*
+				for _, newline := range newmsg.msgPB.format() {
+					newfile += fmt.Sprintln(newline)
+				}
+			*/
+			inMessage = true
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "enum ") {
-			newmsg := fmtmsg.newEnumMessage(line)
+			newmsg := basemsg.newEnumMessage(line)
+			newmsg.msgPB.Notes = strings.Split(comments, "\n")
 			newmsg.load()
+			basemsg.Msgs = append(basemsg.Msgs, newmsg.msgPB)
 			// loadEnumDefinition(newmsg)
-			for _, newline := range newmsg.msgPB.format() {
-				newfile += fmt.Sprintln(newline)
-			}
+			/*
+				for _, newline := range newmsg.msgPB.format() {
+					newfile += fmt.Sprintln(newline)
+				}
+			*/
+			inMessage = true
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "message ") {
-			newmsg := fmtmsg.newStdMessage(line)
-			newmsg.load()
 			log.Info("got to message", line)
-			for _, newline := range newmsg.msgPB.format() {
-				newfile += fmt.Sprintln(newline)
-			}
+
+			newmsg := basemsg.newStdMessage(line)
+			newmsg.msgPB.Notes = strings.Split(comments, "\n")
+			newmsg.load()
+			basemsg.Msgs = append(basemsg.Msgs, newmsg.msgPB)
+			/*
+				for _, newline := range newmsg.msgPB.format() {
+					newfile += fmt.Sprintln(newline)
+				}
+			*/
+			inMessage = true
 			continue
 		}
 
-		newfile += fmt.Sprintln(line)
+		if inMessage {
+			comments += fmt.Sprintln(line)
+		} else {
+			basemsg.Notes = append(basemsg.Notes, line)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, newline := range basemsg.format() {
+		newfile += fmt.Sprintln(newline)
 	}
 
 	return saveFile(filename, newfile)
@@ -375,6 +404,11 @@ func (msg *FormatMsg) format() []string {
 func formatMessage(curmsg *FormatMsg) []string {
 	var newmsg []string
 
+	// print the Notes
+	for _, line := range curmsg.Notes {
+		newmsg = append(newmsg, line)
+	}
+
 	if curmsg.Header != "" {
 		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s // msg depth=%d", curmsg.padBase(), curmsg.Header, curmsg.Depth)
 		parts := strings.Fields(line)