diff --git a/assets/languages.yaml b/assets/languages.yaml
index 89e84d0..315d9b3 100644
--- a/assets/languages.yaml
+++ b/assets/languages.yaml
@@ -3120,6 +3120,7 @@
   codemirror_mode: octave
   codemirror_mime_type: text/x-octave
   language_id: 225
+  comment_style_id: Percent
 MAXScript:
   type: programming
   color: "#00a6a6"
diff --git a/assets/styles.yaml b/assets/styles.yaml
index 2115dfa..3e6c28a 100644
--- a/assets/styles.yaml
+++ b/assets/styles.yaml
@@ -74,3 +74,8 @@
   start: 'rem'
   middle: 'rem'
   end: 'rem'
+
+- id: Percent
+  start: '%'
+  middle: '%'
+  end: '%'
diff --git a/pkg/license/norm.go b/pkg/license/norm.go
index 1b1bd74..cf69b96 100644
--- a/pkg/license/norm.go
+++ b/pkg/license/norm.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 		regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^\s*::`),     // ::
 		regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^\s*\.\.`),   // ..
 		regexp.MustCompile(`(?mi)^\s*@?REM`), // @REM
+		regexp.MustCompile(`(?mi)^\s*%+`),    // % e.g. matlab
 	}
 
 	flattenSpace = regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)