diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/TsvCsvImporter.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/TsvCsvImporter.java
index 6eadd8676..b5a67e9d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/TsvCsvImporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/TsvCsvImporter.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.LineNumberReader;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
@@ -47,12 +48,12 @@ public class TsvCsvImporter implements Importer {
             }
             
             if (first) {
-                String[] cells = StringUtils.splitPreserveAllTokens(line, sep);
+                List<String> cells = parser.split(line);
                 Map<String, Integer> nameToIndex = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
                                     
                 first = false;
-                for (int c = 0; c < cells.length; c++) {
-                    String cell = cells[c];
+                for (int c = 0; c < cells.size(); c++) {
+                    String cell = cells.get(c);
                     if (cell.startsWith("\"") && cell.endsWith("\"")) {
                         cell = cell.substring(1, cell.length() - 1);
                     }
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public class TsvCsvImporter implements Importer {
                     project.columnModel.columns.add(column);
                 }
                 
-                cellCount = cells.length;
+                cellCount = cells.size();
             } else {
                 Row row = new Row(cellCount);
                 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/CSVRowParser.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/CSVRowParser.java
index 1ae8e4be2..6f8daf977 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/CSVRowParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/CSVRowParser.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.metaweb.gridworks.importers.parsers;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.expr.ExpressionUtils;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.importers.ImporterUtilities;
@@ -8,9 +10,8 @@ import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Cell;
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Row;
 
 public class CSVRowParser extends RowParser {
-
-    public boolean parseRow(Row row, String line) {
-        boolean hasData = false;
+    public List<String> split(String line) {
+        List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
         
         int start = 0;
         while (start < line.length()) {
@@ -53,7 +54,19 @@ public class CSVRowParser extends RowParser {
                 }
             }
             
-            Serializable value = ImporterUtilities.parseCellValue(text);
+            results.add(text);
+        }
+        
+        return results;
+    }
+    
+    public boolean parseRow(Row row, String line) {
+        boolean hasData = false;
+        
+        List<String> strings = split(line);
+        for (String s : strings) {
+            Serializable value = ImporterUtilities.parseCellValue(s);
+            
             if (ExpressionUtils.isNonBlankData(value)) {
                 row.cells.add(new Cell(value, null));
                 hasData = true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/RowParser.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/RowParser.java
index e424312b4..f09605989 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/RowParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/RowParser.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package com.metaweb.gridworks.importers.parsers;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import com.metaweb.gridworks.model.Row;
 
 public abstract class RowParser {
+    public abstract List<String> split(String line);
     
     public abstract boolean parseRow(Row row, String line);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/SeparatorRowParser.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/SeparatorRowParser.java
index 1a1f0947c..bdc473f40 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/SeparatorRowParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/importers/parsers/SeparatorRowParser.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.metaweb.gridworks.importers.parsers;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 
@@ -17,6 +19,17 @@ public class SeparatorRowParser extends RowParser {
         this.sep = sep;
     }
     
+    public List<String> split(String line) {
+        String[] cells = StringUtils.splitPreserveAllTokens(line, sep);
+        
+        List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
+        for (int c = 0; c < cells.length; c++) {
+            results.add(cells[c]);
+        }
+        
+        return results;
+    }
+    
     public boolean parseRow(Row row, String line) {
         boolean hasData = false;