diff --git a/orangecontrib/text/corpus.py b/orangecontrib/text/corpus.py
index 614e2349c..65e9e6aed 100644
--- a/orangecontrib/text/corpus.py
+++ b/orangecontrib/text/corpus.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import scipy.sparse as sp
 
 from orangecontrib.text.language import ISO2LANG
+from orangecontrib.text.path import fix_relative_path, fix_absolute_path
 
 
 def get_sample_corpora_dir():
@@ -594,7 +595,10 @@ def from_table_rows(cls, source, row_indices):
         return c
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_file(cls, filename, sheet=None):
+    def from_file(cls, filename, sheet=None, relative_to=None):
+        if relative_to:
+            filename = fix_absolute_path(filename, relative_to)
+
         if not os.path.exists(filename):  # check the default location
             abs_path = os.path.join(get_sample_corpora_dir(), filename)
             if not abs_path.endswith('.tab'):
@@ -609,6 +613,13 @@ def from_file(cls, filename, sheet=None):
             name = table.name
             table = cls.from_numpy(table.domain, table.X, table.Y, table.metas, table.W, attributes=table.attributes)
             table.name = name
+
+        # Save relative path if possible (for reopening later)
+        if relative_to:
+            table.attributes["path"] = fix_relative_path(filename, relative_to)
+        else:
+            table.attributes["path"] = filename
+
         return table
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -654,7 +665,6 @@ def retain_preprocessing(orig, new, key=...):
             new._set_unique_titles()
             new._infer_text_features()
 
-
 @summarize.register(Corpus)
 def summarize_corpus(corpus: Corpus) -> PartialSummary:
     """
diff --git a/orangecontrib/text/path.py b/orangecontrib/text/path.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d925be32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orangecontrib/text/path.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import os
+
+def fix_relative_path(path, base):
+    """Return path relative to base, if possible."""
+    try:
+        return os.path.relpath(path, base)
+    except ValueError:
+        return path
+
+def fix_absolute_path(path, base):
+    """Return absolute path by joining base and relative path."""
+    if not os.path.isabs(path):
+        return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(base, path))
+    return path
diff --git a/orangecontrib/text/widgets/owcorpus.py b/orangecontrib/text/widgets/owcorpus.py
index 6baa1690d..041cf9663 100644
--- a/orangecontrib/text/widgets/owcorpus.py
+++ b/orangecontrib/text/widgets/owcorpus.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     migrate_language_name,
 )
 from orangecontrib.text.widgets.utils import widgets, QSize
+from orangecontrib.text.path import fix_relative_path, fix_absolute_path
 
 
 class CorpusContextHandler(DomainContextHandler):
@@ -369,6 +370,22 @@ def describe(features):
                 ('Other features', describe(domain.attributes)),
                 ('Target', describe(domain.class_vars)),
             ))
+    
+    def save_settings(self, settings):
+        if hasattr(self, "corpus_path") and self.corpus_path:
+            if hasattr(self, "workflow_file") and self.workflow_file:
+                base = os.path.dirname(self.workflow_file)
+                settings["corpus_path"] = fix_relative_path(self.corpus_path, base)
+            else:
+                settings["corpus_path"] = self.corpus_path
+
+    def load_settings(self, settings):
+        path = settings.get("corpus_path")
+        if path and hasattr(self, "workflow_file"):
+            base = os.path.dirname(self.workflow_file)
+            self.corpus_path = fix_absolute_path(path, base)
+        else:
+            self.corpus_path = path
 
     @classmethod
     def migrate_context(cls, context, version):
diff --git a/orangecontrib/text/widgets/tests/test_owcorpus.py b/orangecontrib/text/widgets/tests/test_owcorpus.py
index 259964526..5b94df8ac 100644
--- a/orangecontrib/text/widgets/tests/test_owcorpus.py
+++ b/orangecontrib/text/widgets/tests/test_owcorpus.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 import unittest
+import shutil
+import pickle
 
 import numpy as np
 from Orange.data import Table, Domain, StringVariable, ContinuousVariable
@@ -430,6 +432,38 @@ def test_migrate_settings(self):
         self.wait_until_finished(widget=widget)
         self.assertIsNone(widget.language)
 
+    def test_relative_corpus_path_serialization(self):
+        """
+        Test if relative paths are properly saved and reloaded.
+        """
+        # Create a dummy corpus file
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
+            corpus = Corpus.from_file("book-excerpts")
+            corpus_path = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "test.corpus")
+            with open(corpus_path, "wb") as f:
+                pickle.dump(corpus, f)
+
+            # Simulate loading the file into widget
+            self.widget.workflow_file = os.path.join(tmp_dir, "workflow.ows")
+            self.widget.corpus_path = corpus_path
+
+            settings = {}
+            self.widget.save_settings(settings)
+
+            # Simulate moving workflow and corpus to new directory
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as new_dir:
+                new_corpus = os.path.join(new_dir, "test.corpus")
+                new_workflow = os.path.join(new_dir, "workflow.ows")
+                shutil.copy2(corpus_path, new_corpus)
+
+                # Simulate loading settings in new widget
+                restored = self.create_widget(OWCorpus)
+                restored.workflow_file = new_workflow
+                settings["corpus_path"] = os.path.relpath(new_corpus, new_dir)
+                restored.load_settings(settings)
+
+                self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(restored.corpus_path))
+                self.assertTrue(os.path.isabs(restored.corpus_path))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/orangecontrib/text/widgets/tests/test_owcorpusviewer.py b/orangecontrib/text/widgets/tests/test_owcorpusviewer.py
index 8463d615b..09af5400a 100644
--- a/orangecontrib/text/widgets/tests/test_owcorpusviewer.py
+++ b/orangecontrib/text/widgets/tests/test_owcorpusviewer.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def test_search(self):
         self.process_events()
         out_corpus = self.get_output(self.widget.Outputs.matching_docs)
         self.assertEqual(len(out_corpus), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(self.widget.n_matches, "7")
+        self.assertEqual(int(self.widget.n_matches), 7)
 
         # first document is selected, when filter with word that is not in
         # selected document, first of shown documents is selected
@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ def test_search(self):
         self.process_events()
         self.assertEqual(1, len(self.get_output(self.widget.Outputs.matching_docs)))
         # word count doesn't depend on selection
-        self.assertEqual(self.widget.n_matches, "7")
+        self.assertEqual(int(self.widget.n_matches), 7)
 
         # when filter is removed, matched words is 0
         self.widget.regexp_filter = ""
         self.widget.refresh_search()
         self.process_events()
         self.wait_until_finished()
-        self.assertEqual(self.widget.n_matches, "0")
+        self.assertEqual(int(self.widget.n_matches), 0)
 
     def test_invalid_regex(self):
         # Error is shown when invalid regex is entered