diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4cd68d15c..c3a7a281a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 * The `ard_stack(by)` argument has been renamed to `".by"` and its location moved to after the dots inputs, e.g. `ard_stack(..., .by)`. (#243)
 
+* Bug fix in `ard_stack()` when calls to functions were namespaced. (#242)
+
 * Added `check_ard_structure(column_order, method)` arguments to the function to check for column ordering and whether result contains a `stat_name='method'` row.
 
 * Converting `ard_*()` functions and other helpers to S3 generics to make them extendable. (#227) 
diff --git a/R/ard_stack.R b/R/ard_stack.R
index d7f04afde..c4117b2e5 100644
--- a/R/ard_stack.R
+++ b/R/ard_stack.R
@@ -169,11 +169,25 @@ ard_stack <- function(data,
   lapply(
     dots,
     function(x) {
-      x_rhs <- f_rhs(x)
-      x_fn <- call_name(x_rhs)
-      x_args <- call_args(x_rhs)
-
-      do.call(x_fn, c(list(data = data, by = .by), x_args), envir = attr(x, ".Environment"))
+      if (!is_call_simple(x)) {
+        cli::cli_abort(
+          "{.fun cards::ard_stack} works with {.help [simple calls](rlang::call_name)}
+           and {.code {as_label(x)}} is not simple.",
+          call = get_cli_abort_call()
+        )
+      }
+      x_ns <- call_ns(x)
+      x_fn <- call_name(x)
+      x_args <- call_args(x)
+
+      # if a function was namespaced, then grab function from that pkg's Namespace
+      # styler: off
+      final_fn <-
+        if (is.null(x_ns)) x_fn
+        else get(x_fn, envir = asNamespace(x_ns))
+      # styler: on
+
+      do.call(final_fn, c(list(data = data, by = .by), x_args), envir = attr(x, ".Environment"))
     }
   )
 }
diff --git a/inst/WORDLIST b/inst/WORDLIST
index c53dc76ed..f93720d18 100644
--- a/inst/WORDLIST
+++ b/inst/WORDLIST
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ httr
 jsonlite
 mis
 nalysis
+namespaced
 nonmiss
 pre
 quosures
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/ard_stack.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/ard_stack.md
index b7bdfd1df..0fdaddeb0 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/ard_stack.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/ard_stack.md
@@ -13,3 +13,14 @@
     Message
       i 2 more variables: warning, error
 
+# ard_stack() complex call error
+
+    Code
+      complex_call <- list()
+      complex_call$ard_continuous <- ard_continuous
+      ard_stack(data = mtcars, .by = am, complex_call$ard_continuous(variables = "mpg"),
+      )
+    Condition
+      Error in `ard_stack()`:
+      ! `cards::ard_stack()` works with simple calls (`?rlang::call_name()`) and `complex_call$ard_continuous(variables = "mpg")` is not simple.
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-ard_stack.R b/tests/testthat/test-ard_stack.R
index e1907f60b..369f3e503 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-ard_stack.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-ard_stack.R
@@ -190,6 +190,20 @@ test_that("ard_stack() .shuffle argument", {
   )
 })
 
+
+test_that("ard_stack() works with namespaced functions", {
+  expect_equal(
+    ard_stack(
+      data = mtcars,
+      cards::ard_continuous(variables = "mpg")
+    ),
+    ard_stack(
+      data = mtcars,
+      ard_continuous(variables = "mpg")
+    )
+  )
+})
+
 test_that("ard_stack() messaging", {
   expect_snapshot(
     ard_stack(
@@ -200,3 +214,18 @@ test_that("ard_stack() messaging", {
       head(1L)
   )
 })
+
+test_that("ard_stack() complex call error", {
+  expect_snapshot(
+    {
+      complex_call <- list()
+      complex_call$ard_continuous <- ard_continuous
+      ard_stack(
+        data = mtcars,
+        .by = am,
+        complex_call$ard_continuous(variables = "mpg"),
+      )
+    },
+    error = TRUE
+  )
+})