diff --git a/Orange/data/io.py b/Orange/data/io.py
index 958b836bb52..77b4ea89e46 100644
--- a/Orange/data/io.py
+++ b/Orange/data/io.py
@@ -822,20 +822,23 @@ def read(self):
                 try:
                     dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(
                         # Take first couple of *complete* lines as sample
-                        ''.join(file.readline() for _ in range(5)),
+                        ''.join(file.readline() for _ in range(10)),
                         self.DELIMITERS)
+                    delimiter = dialect.delimiter
+                    quotechar = dialect.quotechar
                 except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
                     error = e
                     continue
                 except csv.Error:
-                    dialect = csv.excel()
-                    dialect.delimiter = self.DELIMITERS[0]
+                    delimiter = self.DELIMITERS[0]
+                    quotechar = csv.excel.quotechar
 
                 file.seek(0)
-                dialect.skipinitialspace = True
-
                 try:
-                    reader = csv.reader(file, dialect=dialect)
+                    reader = csv.reader(
+                        file, delimiter=delimiter, quotechar=quotechar,
+                        skipinitialspace=True,
+                    )
                     data = self.data_table(reader)
 
                     # TODO: Name can be set unconditionally when/if
diff --git a/Orange/tests/test_tab_reader.py b/Orange/tests/test_tab_reader.py
index 93fffcca36c..1e842f0ff7e 100644
--- a/Orange/tests/test_tab_reader.py
+++ b/Orange/tests/test_tab_reader.py
@@ -50,6 +50,27 @@ def test_read_easy(self):
         np.testing.assert_almost_equal(table.X, np.array([[0, 0], [np.nan, 1], [1, 0]]))
         np.testing.assert_almost_equal(table.Y, np.array([[1, 1], [2, 0], [0, np.nan]]))
 
+    def test_read_save_quoted(self):
+        quoted = '''\
+        S\tA
+        s\td
+        m\t
+        """a"""\ti
+        """b"""\tj
+        """c\td"""\tk
+        '''
+        expected = ['"a"', '"b"', '"c\td"']
+        f = io.StringIO(quoted)
+        table = read_tab_file(f)
+        self.assertSequenceEqual(table.metas[:, 0].tolist(), expected)
+
+        f = io.StringIO()
+        f.close = lambda: None
+        TabReader.write_file(f, table)
+        saved = f.getvalue()
+        table1 = read_tab_file(io.StringIO(saved))
+        self.assertSequenceEqual(table1.metas[:, 0].tolist(), expected)
+
     def test_read_and_save_attributes(self):
         samplefile = """\
         Feature 1\tFeature 2\tClass 1\tClass 42