diff --git a/io/newick/newick_lexer.go b/io/newick/newick_lexer.go
index 9642431..0f001e7 100644
--- a/io/newick/newick_lexer.go
+++ b/io/newick/newick_lexer.go
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ func (s *Scanner) Scan() (tok Token, lit string) {
 		return OPENBRACK, string(ch)
 	case ']':
 		return CLOSEBRACK, string(ch)
+	case '\'':
+		return LABEL, string(ch)
 	case ',':
 		return NEWSIBLING, string(ch)
 	case ';':
diff --git a/io/newick/newick_nodestack.go b/io/newick/newick_nodestack.go
index cabae70..764195f 100644
--- a/io/newick/newick_nodestack.go
+++ b/io/newick/newick_nodestack.go
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ func (ns *NodeStack) Push(n *tree.Node, e *tree.Edge) {
 	ns.elt = append(ns.elt, nodeStackElt{n, e})
 }
 
-/**
+/*
+*
 Pops and returns the head of the Stack. The calling function is
 responsible for freeing the elt: free(elt).
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ Returns an error if the stack is empty
 func (ns *NodeStack) Pop() (n *tree.Node, e *tree.Edge, err error) {
 	var last nodeStackElt
 	if len(ns.elt) == 0 {
-		err = errors.New("Cannot Pop an empty stack")
+		err = errors.New("cannot pop an empty stack")
 		return
 	}
 	last, ns.elt = ns.elt[len(ns.elt)-1], ns.elt[:len(ns.elt)-1]
@@ -46,12 +47,13 @@ func (ns *NodeStack) Pop() (n *tree.Node, e *tree.Edge, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-/**
+/*
+*
 Returns the head of the Stack, and an error if the stack is empty
 */
 func (ns *NodeStack) Head() (n *tree.Node, e *tree.Edge, err error) {
 	if len(ns.elt) == 0 {
-		err = errors.New("An empty stack has no head")
+		err = errors.New("an empty stack has no head")
 		return
 	}
 	head := ns.elt[len(ns.elt)-1]
diff --git a/io/newick/newick_parser.go b/io/newick/newick_parser.go
index c5b14be..5c85150 100644
--- a/io/newick/newick_parser.go
+++ b/io/newick/newick_parser.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (p *Parser) scanIgnoreWhitespace() (tok Token, lit string) {
 func (p *Parser) Parse() (newtree *tree.Tree, err error) {
 	// May have information inside [] before the tree
 	tok, lit := p.scanIgnoreWhitespace()
-	if tok == OPENBRACK {
+	if tok == OPENBRACK || tok == LABEL {
 		if _, err = p.consumeComment(tok, lit); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (p *Parser) Parse() (newtree *tree.Tree, err error) {
 		return
 	}
 	if level != 0 {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("Newick Error : Mismatched parenthesis after parsing")
+		err = fmt.Errorf("newick error : mismatched parenthesis after parsing")
 		return
 	}
 	tok, lit = p.scanIgnoreWhitespace()
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (p *Parser) parseIter(t *tree.Tree, level *int) (prevTok Token, err error)
 		case OPENPAR:
 			if node == nil {
 				if *level > 0 {
-					err = errors.New("Nil node at depth > 0")
+					err = errors.New("nil node at depth > 0")
 					return
 				}
 				node = t.NewNode()
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (p *Parser) parseIter(t *tree.Tree, level *int) (prevTok Token, err error)
 				t.SetRoot(node)
 			} else {
 				if *level == 0 {
-					err = errors.New("Newick Error: An open parenthesis while the stack is empty... Forgot a ';' at the end of previous tree?")
+					err = errors.New("newick Error: An open parenthesis while the stack is empty... Forgot a ';' at the end of previous tree?")
 					return
 				}
 				newNode = t.NewNode()
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ func (p *Parser) parseIter(t *tree.Tree, level *int) (prevTok Token, err error)
 			prevTok = tok
 			(*level)--
 			if _, _, err = nodeStack.Pop(); err != nil {
-				err = errors.New("Newick Error: Closing parenthesis while the stack is already empty")
+				err = errors.New("newick Error: Closing parenthesis while the stack is already empty")
 				return
 			}
 			node, edge, _ = nodeStack.Head()
-		case OPENBRACK:
+		case OPENBRACK, LABEL:
 			var comment string
 			//if prevTok == OPENPAR || prevTok == NEWSIBLING || prevTok == -1 {
 			if comment, err = p.consumeComment(tok, lit); err != nil {
@@ -172,17 +172,17 @@ func (p *Parser) parseIter(t *tree.Tree, level *int) (prevTok Token, err error)
 				// Else we add comment to node
 				node.AddComment(comment)
 			} else {
-				err = errors.New("Newick Error: Comment should not be located here: " + lit)
+				err = errors.New("newick error: comment should not be located here: " + lit)
 				return
 			}
 			prevTok = CLOSEBRACK
 		case CLOSEBRACK:
 			// Error here should not have
-			err = errors.New("Newick Error: Mismatched ] here...")
+			err = errors.New("newick error: mismatched ] here")
 			return
 		case STARTLEN:
 			if tok, lit = p.scanIgnoreWhitespace(); tok != NUMERIC {
-				err = errors.New("Newick Error: No numeric value after :")
+				err = errors.New("newick error: no numeric value after ':'")
 				return
 			}
 			// We skip length if the length is assigned to the root node
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func (p *Parser) parseIter(t *tree.Tree, level *int) (prevTok Token, err error)
 		case EOT:
 			p.unscan()
 			if (*level) != 0 {
-				err = errors.New("Newick Error: Mismatched parenthesis at ;")
+				err = errors.New("newick Error: Mismatched parenthesis at ;")
 				return
 			}
 			prevTok = tok
@@ -291,11 +291,11 @@ func (p *Parser) parseIter(t *tree.Tree, level *int) (prevTok Token, err error)
 // At the end returns the matching ] token and lit.
 // If the given token is not a [, then returns an error
 func (p *Parser) consumeComment(curtoken Token, curlit string) (comment string, err error) {
-	if curtoken == OPENBRACK {
+	if curtoken == OPENBRACK || curtoken == LABEL {
 		commenttoken, commentlit := p.scanIgnoreWhitespace()
-		for commenttoken != CLOSEBRACK {
+		for (curtoken == LABEL && commenttoken != LABEL) || (curtoken == OPENBRACK && commenttoken != CLOSEBRACK) {
 			if commenttoken == EOF || commenttoken == ILLEGAL {
-				err = fmt.Errorf("Unmatched bracket")
+				err = fmt.Errorf("unmatched bracket")
 				return
 			} else {
 				comment += commentlit
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func (p *Parser) consumeComment(curtoken Token, curlit string) (comment string,
 			commenttoken, commentlit = p.scanIgnoreWhitespace()
 		}
 	} else {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("A comment must start with [")
+		err = fmt.Errorf("a comment must start with [")
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/io/newick/newick_token.go b/io/newick/newick_token.go
index a070c21..4cc1ffe 100644
--- a/io/newick/newick_token.go
+++ b/io/newick/newick_token.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const (
 	STARTLEN   // :
 	OPENBRACK  // [ : For comment
 	CLOSEBRACK // ] : For comment
+	LABEL      // ' : For comment associated to nodes/edges
 	NEWSIBLING // ,
 	EOT        // ;
 )
@@ -26,5 +27,6 @@ func isWhitespace(ch rune) bool {
 func isIdent(ch rune) bool {
 	return ch != '[' && ch != ']' &&
 		ch != '(' && ch != ')' &&
-		ch != ',' && ch != ':' && ch != ';'
+		ch != ',' && ch != ':' &&
+		ch != ';' && ch != '\''
 }