diff --git a/src/__tests__/codegen.test.ts b/src/__tests__/codegen.test.ts
index 82727b3..58368db 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/codegen.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/codegen.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 import { codegen } from '../codegen';
-import { createContext } from '../context';
-
-const context = createContext({
-  foo: { 100: { value: '#fff' }, 200: { value: { base: '#000' } } },
-  bar: { 100: 'red', 200: 'blue' },
-});
+import { context } from './fixtures';
 
 describe('codegen', () => {
   it('generates ct runtime code', () => {
@@ -33,7 +28,7 @@ describe('codegen', () => {
           "files": [
             {
               "code": "
-      const pluginCtMap = new Map([["foo.100","#fff"],["foo.200",{"base":"#000"}],["bar.100","red"],["bar.200","blue"]]);
+      const pluginCtMap = new Map([["foo.100","#fff"],["foo.200",{"base":"#000","lg":"#111"}],["bar.100","red"],["bar.200","blue"]]);
 
         export const ct = (path) => {
           if (!pluginCtMap.has(path)) return 'panda-plugin-ct_alias-not-found';
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures.ts b/src/__tests__/fixtures.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f6615a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { createContext } from '../context';
+
+export const tokens = {
+  foo: { 100: { value: '#fff' }, 200: { value: { base: '#000', lg: '#111' } } },
+  bar: { 100: 'red', 200: 'blue' },
+};
+
+export const context = createContext(tokens);
diff --git a/src/__tests__/map.test.ts b/src/__tests__/map.test.ts
index 16ca7ae..d0d942d 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/map.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/map.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 import { get, makeMap, makePaths, mapTemplate } from '../map';
-
-const tokens = {
-  foo: { 100: { value: '#fff' }, 200: { value: { base: '#000' } } },
-  bar: { 100: 'red', 200: 'blue' },
-};
+import { tokens } from './fixtures';
 
 describe('get', () => {
   it('gets a string', () => {
@@ -15,6 +11,7 @@ describe('get', () => {
       `
       {
         "base": "#000",
+        "lg": "#111",
       }
     `,
     );
@@ -67,6 +64,7 @@ describe('makeMap', () => {
         "foo.100" => "#fff",
         "foo.200" => {
           "base": "#000",
+          "lg": "#111",
         },
         "bar.100" => "red",
         "bar.200" => "blue",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/parser.test.ts b/src/__tests__/parser.test.ts
index cf148d4..2311d65 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/parser.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/parser.test.ts
@@ -1,37 +1,113 @@
 import { parser } from '../parser';
-import { createContext } from '../context';
+import { context } from './fixtures';
 
-const context = createContext({
-  foo: { 100: { value: '#fff' }, 200: { value: { base: '#000' } } },
-  bar: { 100: 'red', 200: 'blue' },
-});
+export const makeParser = (content: string) => {
+  return parser(
+    {
+      configure: () => {},
+      filePath: 'test.tsx',
+      content,
+    },
+    context,
+  );
+};
 
 describe('parser', () => {
   it('parses', () => {
-    const res = parser(
-      {
-        configure: () => {},
-        filePath: 'test.tsx',
-        content: `<div className={css({ bg: ct("foo.200"), color: ct('bar.100'))})/>`,
+    const res = makeParser(`
+    import { css, ct, cva } from '@/styled-system/css';
+    
+    const styles = cva({
+      base: {
+        // background: ct('foo.200'),
+        color: ct('bar.200'),
       },
-      context,
-    );
+    });
+    
+    export const Component = () => {
+      return (<div
+        className={
+          css({
+            bg: ct('foo.200'),
+            color: ct('bar.100')
+          })}
+      />);
+    `);
 
     expect(res).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-      `"<div className={css({ bg: {"base":"#000"}, color: 'red')})/>"`,
+      `
+      "import { css, ct, cva } from '@/styled-system/css';
+          
+          const styles = cva({
+            base: {
+              // background: ct('foo.200'),
+              color: 'blue',
+            },
+          });
+          
+          export const Component = () => {
+            return (<div
+              className={
+                css({
+                  bg: {"base":"#000","lg":"#111"},
+                  color: 'red'
+                })}
+            />);
+          "
+    `,
     );
   });
 
-  it('skips without "ct(" in contents', () => {
-    const res = parser(
-      {
-        configure: () => {},
-        filePath: 'test.tsx',
-        content: `<div className={css({ bg: "red.200" })/>`,
+  it('parses with an alias', () => {
+    const res = makeParser(`
+    import { css, ct as alias, cva } from '@/styled-system/css';
+    
+    const styles = cva({
+      base: {
+        // background: ct('foo.200'),
+        color: ct('bar.200'),
       },
-      context,
-    );
+    });
+    
+    export const Component = () => {
+      return (<div
+        className={
+          css({
+            bg: alias('foo.200'),
+            color: alias('bar.100')
+          })}
+      />);
+    `);
+
+    expect(res).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "import { css, ct as alias, cva } from '@/styled-system/css';
+          
+          const styles = cva({
+            base: {
+              // background: ct('foo.200'),
+              color: ct('bar.200'),
+            },
+          });
+          
+          export const Component = () => {
+            return (<div
+              className={
+                css({
+                  bg: {"base":"#000","lg":"#111"},
+                  color: 'red'
+                })}
+            />);
+          "
+    `);
+  });
+
+  it('skips without ct imports or expressions', () => {
+    expect(
+      makeParser(`<div className={css({ bg: ct("foo.200") })/>`),
+    ).toBeUndefined();
 
-    expect(res).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(
+      makeParser(`import { ct } from '@/styled-system/css`),
+    ).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/parser.ts b/src/parser.ts
index a04e283..1f573e9 100644
--- a/src/parser.ts
+++ b/src/parser.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ParserResultBeforeHookArgs } from '@pandacss/types';
 import type { PluginContext } from './types';
 import { isObject } from './utils';
+import { ts } from 'ts-morph';
 
 export const parser = (
   args: ParserResultBeforeHookArgs,
@@ -8,29 +9,39 @@ export const parser = (
 ): string | void => {
   const { project, map } = context;
 
-  // TODO: handle `import { ct as xyz }` aliasing
-  const content = args.content;
-  if (!content.includes('ct(')) return;
-
-  const source = project.createSourceFile('__temp-ct-parser.ts', content, {
+  // Note: parser won't replace `ct` calls in JSX without .tsx
+  const source = project.createSourceFile('__ct-parser.tsx', args.content, {
     overwrite: true,
   });
 
-  let text = source.getText();
-  const calls = text.match(/ct\(['"][\w.]+['"]\)/g) ?? [];
+  let exists = false;
+  let alias = 'ct';
+
+  for (const node of source.getImportDeclarations()) {
+    if (!node.getText().includes('ct')) continue;
+    for (const named of node.getNamedImports()) {
+      if (named.getText() === 'ct' || named.getText().startsWith('ct as')) {
+        exists = true;
+        alias = named.getAliasNode()?.getText() ?? 'ct';
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!exists) return;
+
+  const calls = source
+    .getDescendantsOfKind(ts.SyntaxKind.CallExpression)
+    .filter((node) => node.getExpression().getText() === alias);
 
-  for (const call of calls) {
-    const path = call
-      .match(/['"][\w.]+['"]/)
-      ?.toString()
-      .replace(/['"]/g, '');
-    if (!path) continue;
+  for (const node of calls) {
+    const path = node.getArguments()[0]?.getText().replace(/['"]/g, '');
     const value = map.get(path);
-    text = text.replace(
-      call,
+
+    node.replaceWithText(
       isObject(value) ? JSON.stringify(value) : `'${value}'`,
     );
   }
 
-  return text;
+  return calls.length ? source.getText() : undefined;
 };