diff --git a/src/loader/babel.ts b/src/loader/babel.ts
index 4a4be2a..1c27b87 100644
--- a/src/loader/babel.ts
+++ b/src/loader/babel.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,19 @@ import {
 
 import { version } from "../../package.json";
 
-type GetCodeFn = (loc: t.SourceLocation) => string;
+interface SourceLocation {
+  start: {
+    line: number;
+    column: number;
+    index?: number;
+  };
+  end: {
+    line: number;
+    column: number;
+    index?: number;
+  };
+}
+type GetCodeFn = (loc: SourceLocation) => string;
 
 const babelPluginUntyped: PluginItem = function (
   api: ConfigAPI,
@@ -84,11 +96,18 @@ const babelPluginUntyped: PluginItem = function (
         }
       },
       FunctionDeclaration(p) {
-        const schema = parseJSDocs(
-          (p.parent.leadingComments || [])
-            .filter((c) => c.type === "CommentBlock")
-            .map((c) => c.value)
-        );
+        const getCode: GetCodeFn = (loc) => {
+          return this.file.code.substring(loc.start.index, loc.end.index);
+        };
+
+        const comments = (p.parent.leadingComments || [])
+          .filter((c) => c.type === "CommentBlock")
+          .map((c) => c.value);
+
+        console.log(this.file);
+
+        const schema = parseJSDocs(comments);
+
         schema.type = "function";
         schema.args = [];
 
@@ -108,16 +127,6 @@ const babelPluginUntyped: PluginItem = function (
           return;
         }
 
-        const _getLines = cachedFn(() => this.file.code.split("\n"));
-        const getCode: GetCodeFn = (loc) => {
-          const _lines = _getLines();
-          return (
-            _lines[loc.start.line - 1]
-              .slice(loc.start.column, loc.end.column)
-              .trim() || ""
-          );
-        };
-
         // Extract arguments
         for (const [index, param] of p.node.params.entries()) {
           if (param.loc?.end.line !== param.loc?.start.line) {
diff --git a/test/transform.test.ts b/test/transform.test.ts
index 1795917..f3660e6 100644
--- a/test/transform.test.ts
+++ b/test/transform.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { evalModule } from "mlly";
 import { transform } from "../src/loader/transform";
 
 describe("transform (functions)", () => {
@@ -127,6 +128,32 @@ describe("transform (functions)", () => {
       });
     }
   });
+
+  it("Handles comments above overloads", async () => {
+    const exports = await evalModule(
+      transform(
+        `
+        /** an unrelated comment */
+
+        /** Multiply a by b */
+        export function mul (a: number, b:number)
+        export function mul (a: number, b:number, c: number): number {
+          return a * b
+        };
+
+        /** Adds numbers */
+        export function add (a: number, b: number): number;
+        export function add (a: number, b: number, c: number = 0): number {
+          return a + b + c
+        };
+    `,
+        { experimentalFunctions: true }
+      )
+    );
+
+    expect(exports.mul.$schema.title).toMatch("Multiply a by b");
+    expect(exports.add.$schema.title).toMatch("Adds numbers");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("transform (jsdoc)", () => {