diff --git a/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderTests.cs b/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderTests.cs
index a06ad71..44e1e21 100755
--- a/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderTests.cs
+++ b/MatFileHandler.Tests/MatFileReaderTests.cs
@@ -390,6 +390,31 @@ namespace MatFileHandler.Tests
             Assert.Equal(new[] { 1.0, 3.0, 5.0, 2.0, 4.0, 6.0 }, variable2.ConvertToDoubleArray());
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test reading a table with strings
+        /// </summary>
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestTableWithStrings()
+        {
+            var matFile = GetTests("good")["table-with-strings"];
+            var obj = matFile["t"].Value as IMatObject;
+            var table = new TableAdapter(obj);
+            Assert.Equal(5, table.NumberOfRows);
+            Assert.Equal(2, table.NumberOfVariables);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "Numbers", "Names" }, table.VariableNames);
+            var variable = table["Names"] as ICellArray;
+            var name0 = new StringAdapter(variable[0]);
+            Assert.Equal("One", name0[0]);
+            var name1 = new StringAdapter(variable[1]);
+            Assert.Equal("Two", name1[0]);
+            var name2 = new StringAdapter(variable[2]);
+            Assert.Equal("Three", name2[0]);
+            var name3 = new StringAdapter(variable[3]);
+            Assert.Equal("Four", name3[0]);
+            var name4 = new StringAdapter(variable[4]);
+            Assert.Equal("Five", name4[0]);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Test subobjects within objects.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MatFileHandler.Tests/test-data/good/table-with-strings.mat b/MatFileHandler.Tests/test-data/good/table-with-strings.mat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb71b0a
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diff --git a/MatFileHandler/MatFileHandler.csproj b/MatFileHandler/MatFileHandler.csproj
index 903b54f..0a43df5 100755
--- a/MatFileHandler/MatFileHandler.csproj
+++ b/MatFileHandler/MatFileHandler.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net461;net472</TargetFrameworks>
-    <PackageVersion>1.4.0-beta3</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageVersion>1.4.0-beta4</PackageVersion>
     <PackageId>MatFileHandler</PackageId>
     <Title>A library for reading and writing MATLAB .mat files.</Title>
     <Authors>Alexander Luzgarev</Authors>
diff --git a/MatFileHandler/SubsystemDataReader.cs b/MatFileHandler/SubsystemDataReader.cs
index b6141d8..aca0bcd 100644
--- a/MatFileHandler/SubsystemDataReader.cs
+++ b/MatFileHandler/SubsystemDataReader.cs
@@ -334,6 +334,16 @@ namespace MatFileHandler
                 }
             }
 
+            if (array is MatCellArray cellArray)
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < cellArray.Data.Length; i++)
+                {
+                    var cell = cellArray.Data[i];
+                    var transformedCell = TransformOpaqueData(cell, subsystemData);
+                    cellArray.Data[i] = transformedCell;
+                }
+            }
+
             return array;
         }