Error viewing .mmd files where there is no text after the %% - and the comments are at the top of the .mmd file

[jasonnewyork]

I am using this https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vstirbu.vscode-mermaid-preview extension version 2.1.2

Then I have an issue which occurs when I am trying to view .mmd files with the mermaid extension where I get this error "A syntax error was detected on line 3. Syntax error in text: Parse error on line 1: %%flowchart TB ^ Expecting 'NEWLINE', 'SPACE', 'GRAPH', got 'NODE_STRING'". The issue seems to be for some .mmd files like this...

%% ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
%%
%% ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
flowchart TB

where if I move the class to the first line the .mmd will then preview.

flowchart TB
%% ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
%%
%% ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

This does not happen on my peers workstations. I am using Windows - they are using Mac.

The strange thing is that I can create my own .mmd files like this that will work - even though the comment is at the front.

%% comment
classDiagram
class Person {
+String name
+String age
}

After further exploration I believe the issue is related to a comment line where there is no text after the %% - meaning this will work

flowchart TB
%% ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
%%A
%% ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

but this will not

flowchart TB
%% ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
%%
%% ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.