diff --git a/src/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODS.php b/src/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODS.php
index 9462ab3..5e6b695 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODS.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODS.php
@@ -14,6 +14,31 @@ class ODS implements EscaperInterface
 {
     use Singleton;
 
+    /** @var string Regex pattern to detect control characters that need to be escaped */
+    protected $escapableControlCharactersPattern;
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes the singleton instance
+     */
+    protected function init()
+    {
+        $this->escapableControlCharactersPattern = $this->getEscapableControlCharactersPattern();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string Regex pattern containing all escapable control characters
+     */
+    protected function getEscapableControlCharactersPattern()
+    {
+        // control characters values are from 0 to 1F (hex values) in the ASCII table
+        // some characters should not be escaped though: "\t", "\r" and "\n".
+        return '[\x00-\x08' .
+        // skipping "\t" (0x9) and "\n" (0xA)
+        '\x0B-\x0C' .
+        // skipping "\r" (0xD)
+        '\x0E-\x1F]';
+    }
+
     /**
      * Escapes the given string to make it compatible with XLSX
      *
@@ -23,12 +48,14 @@ class ODS implements EscaperInterface
     public function escape($string)
     {
         if (defined('ENT_DISALLOWED')) {
+            // 'ENT_DISALLOWED' ensures that invalid characters in the given document type are replaced.
+            // Otherwise characters like a vertical tab "\v" will make the XML document unreadable by the XML processor
+            // @link https://github.com/box/spout/issues/329
             return htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_DISALLOWED);
         } else {
             // We are on hhvm or any other engine that does not support ENT_DISALLOWED
-            // https://github.com/box/spout/issues/329
             $escapedString =  htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES);
-            $replacedString = preg_replace('/[\x00-\x08\x0B-\x0C\x0E-\x1F]/', '�', $escapedString);
+            $replacedString = preg_replace('/'.$this->escapableControlCharactersPattern.'/', '�', $escapedString);
             return $replacedString;
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODSTest.php b/tests/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODSTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb5c960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Spout/Common/Escaper/ODSTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Box\Spout\Common\Escaper;
+
+/**
+ * Class ODSTest
+ *
+ * @package Box\Spout\Common\Escaper
+ */
+class ODSTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function dataProviderForTestEscape()
+    {
+        return [
+            ['test', 'test'],
+            ['carl\'s "pokemon"', 'carl&#039;s &quot;pokemon&quot;'],
+            ["\n", "\n"],
+            ["\r", "\r"],
+            ["\t", "\t"],
+            ["\v", "�"],
+            ["\f", "�"],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider dataProviderForTestEscape
+     *
+     * @param string $stringToEscape
+     * @param string $expectedEscapedString
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testEscape($stringToEscape, $expectedEscapedString)
+    {
+        $escaper = \Box\Spout\Common\Escaper\ODS::getInstance();
+        $escapedString = $escaper->escape($stringToEscape);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedEscapedString, $escapedString, 'Incorrect escaped string');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Spout/Writer/ODS/WriterTest.php b/tests/Spout/Writer/ODS/WriterTest.php
index 7ae6f30..7c4b396 100644
--- a/tests/Spout/Writer/ODS/WriterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Spout/Writer/ODS/WriterTest.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace Box\Spout\Writer\ODS;
 
 use Box\Spout\Common\Exception\SpoutException;
 use Box\Spout\Common\Type;
-use Box\Spout\Reader\ReaderFactory;
 use Box\Spout\Reader\Wrapper\XMLReader;
 use Box\Spout\TestUsingResource;
 use Box\Spout\Writer\Common\Helper\ZipHelper;
@@ -447,47 +446,6 @@ class WriterTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet', $finfo->file($resourcePath));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * https://github.com/box/spout/issues/329
-     * @return  void
-     */
-    public function testGeneratedFileWithIllegalCharsCanBeRead()
-    {
-        $fileName = 'test_illegal_characters.ods';
-        $dataRows = [
-            ['I am a text'],
-            ['I am a vertical tab:' . "\v"],
-            ['I am a form feed:' . "\f"],
-        ];
-
-        $this->writeToODSFile($dataRows, $fileName);
-
-        $resourcePath = $this->getGeneratedResourcePath($fileName);
-
-        $reader = ReaderFactory::create(Type::ODS);
-        $reader->open($resourcePath);
-
-        $canBeRead = false;
-        $rowsRead = [];
-        try {
-            foreach ($reader->getSheetIterator() as $sheetIndex => $sheet) {
-                foreach ($sheet->getRowIterator() as $rowIndex => $row) {
-                    $rowsRead[] = $row;
-                }
-            }
-            $canBeRead = true;
-            $reader->close();
-        } catch(\Exception $e) {}
-
-        $this->assertTrue($canBeRead, 'The file with illegal chars can be read');
-        $dataRowsExpected = [
-            ['I am a text'],
-            ['I am a vertical tab:�'],
-            ['I am a form feed:�'],
-        ];
-        $this->assertEquals($dataRowsExpected, $rowsRead, 'Correct rows with unicode replacement are read');
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param array $allRows
      * @param string $fileName