diff --git a/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/reader/TableReaderJdbc.scala b/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/reader/TableReaderJdbc.scala
index 750ebcac3..d80f77ec6 100644
--- a/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/reader/TableReaderJdbc.scala
+++ b/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/reader/TableReaderJdbc.scala
@@ -192,8 +192,11 @@ class TableReaderJdbc(jdbcReaderConfig: TableReaderJdbcConfig,
       JdbcSparkUtils.withJdbcMetadata(jdbcReaderConfig.jdbcConfig, sql) { (connection, jdbcMetadata) =>
         val schemaWithMetadata = JdbcSparkUtils.addMetadataFromJdbc(df.schema, jdbcMetadata)
         val schemaWithColumnDescriptions = tableOpt match {
-          case Some(table) => JdbcSparkUtils.addColumnDescriptionsFromJdbc(schemaWithMetadata, table, connection)
-          case None => schemaWithMetadata
+          case Some(table) =>
+            log.info(s"Reading JDBC metadata descriptions the table: $table")
+            JdbcSparkUtils.addColumnDescriptionsFromJdbc(schemaWithMetadata, sqlGen.unquote(table), connection)
+          case None =>
+            schemaWithMetadata
         }
         df = spark.createDataFrame(df.rdd, schemaWithColumnDescriptions)
       }
diff --git a/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/reader/TableReaderJdbcNative.scala b/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/reader/TableReaderJdbcNative.scala
index 93b07b9d1..e7a1831bd 100644
--- a/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/reader/TableReaderJdbcNative.scala
+++ b/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/reader/TableReaderJdbcNative.scala
@@ -88,12 +88,13 @@ class TableReaderJdbcNative(jdbcReaderConfig: TableReaderJdbcConfig,
     }
 
     if (jdbcReaderConfig.enableSchemaMetadata) {
-      JdbcSparkUtils.withJdbcMetadata(jdbcReaderConfig.jdbcConfig, sql) { (connection, jdbcMetadata) =>
+      JdbcSparkUtils.withJdbcMetadata(jdbcReaderConfig.jdbcConfig, sql) { (connection, _) =>
         val schemaWithColumnDescriptions = tableOpt match {
           case Some(table) =>
-            log.info(s"Reading JDBC metadata descriptions the query: $sql")
-            JdbcSparkUtils.addColumnDescriptionsFromJdbc(df.schema, table, connection)
-          case None => df.schema
+            log.info(s"Reading JDBC metadata descriptions the table: $table")
+            JdbcSparkUtils.addColumnDescriptionsFromJdbc(df.schema, sqlGen.unquote(table), connection)
+          case None =>
+            df.schema
         }
         df = spark.createDataFrame(df.rdd, schemaWithColumnDescriptions)
       }
diff --git a/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/utils/JdbcSparkUtils.scala b/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/utils/JdbcSparkUtils.scala
index 4a1a93b88..b89cfbda5 100644
--- a/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/utils/JdbcSparkUtils.scala
+++ b/pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/utils/JdbcSparkUtils.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import za.co.absa.pramen.core.utils.impl.JdbcFieldMetadata
 
 import java.sql.{Connection, DatabaseMetaData, ResultSet, ResultSetMetaData}
 import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
-import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 object JdbcSparkUtils {
   private val log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass)