diff --git a/app/index.html b/app/index.html
index 63e1d9ef..d500f700 100644
--- a/app/index.html
+++ b/app/index.html
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@
             <input type="text" name="separator" value="," class="spam1"/>
           </div>
         </div>
+        <div class="control-group">
+          <label class="control-label">Text delimiter</label>
+          <div class="controls">
+            <input type="text" name="delimiter" value='"' />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
         <div class="control-group">
           <label class="control-label">Encoding</label>
           <div class="controls">
diff --git a/app/js/app.js b/app/js/app.js
index b5ef942d..926d19b5 100755
--- a/app/js/app.js
+++ b/app/js/app.js
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ var ExplorerApp = Backbone.View.extend({
     var file = $file.files[0];
     var options = {
       separator : $form.find('input[name="separator"]').val(),
+      delimiter : $form.find('input[name="delimiter"]').val(),
       encoding : $form.find('input[name="encoding"]').val()
     };
     recline.Backend.loadFromCSVFile(file, function(dataset) {
diff --git a/src/backend/localcsv.js b/src/backend/localcsv.js
index e5a6bdec..d1969fa2 100644
--- a/src/backend/localcsv.js
+++ b/src/backend/localcsv.js
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ this.recline.Backend = this.recline.Backend || {};
     var options = options || {};
     var trm = options.trim;
     var separator = options.separator || ',';
-    
+    var delimiter = options.delimiter || '"';
+
+
     var cur = '', // The character we are currently processing.
       inQuote = false,
       fieldQuoted = false,
@@ -105,8 +107,8 @@ this.recline.Backend = this.recline.Backend || {};
         field = '';
         fieldQuoted = false;
       } else {
-        // If it's not a ", add it to the field buffer
-        if (cur !== '"') {
+        // If it's not a delimiter, add it to the field buffer
+        if (cur !== delimiter) {
           field += cur;
         } else {
           if (!inQuote) {
@@ -114,9 +116,9 @@ this.recline.Backend = this.recline.Backend || {};
             inQuote = true;
             fieldQuoted = true;
           } else {
-            // Next char is ", this is an escaped "
-            if (s.charAt(i + 1) === '"') {
-              field += '"';
+            // Next char is delimiter, this is an escaped delimiter
+            if (s.charAt(i + 1) === delimiter) {
+              field += delimiter;
               // Skip the next char
               i += 1;
             } else {
diff --git a/test/backend.localcsv.test.js b/test/backend.localcsv.test.js
index bc2f2738..8325e549 100644
--- a/test/backend.localcsv.test.js
+++ b/test/backend.localcsv.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (function ($) {
 module("Backend Local CSV");
 
-test("parseCSV", function() { 
+test("parseCSV", function() {
   var csv = '"Jones, Jay",10\n' +
   '"Xyz ""ABC"" O\'Brien",11:35\n' +
   '"Other, AN",12:35\n';
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ test("parseCSV", function() {
   equal(dataset.currentDocuments.length, 3);
 });
 
-test("parseCSVsemicolon", function() { 
+test("parseCSVsemicolon", function() {
   var csv = '"Jones; Jay";10\n' +
   '"Xyz ""ABC"" O\'Brien";11:35\n' +
   '"Other; AN";12:35\n';
@@ -44,4 +44,20 @@ test("parseCSVsemicolon", function() {
 
 });
 
+test("parseCSVdelimiter", function() {
+  var csv = "'Jones, Jay',10\n" +
+  "'Xyz \"ABC\" O''Brien',11:35\n" +
+  "'Other; AN',12:35\n";
+
+  var array = recline.Backend.parseCSV(csv, {delimiter:"'"});
+  var exp = [
+    ["Jones, Jay", 10],
+    ["Xyz \"ABC\" O'Brien", "11:35" ],
+    ["Other; AN", "12:35" ]
+  ];
+  deepEqual(exp, array);
+
+});
+
+
 })(this.jQuery);