diff --git a/PLAN.md b/PLAN.md
index bafe35c9..ffebe192 100644
--- a/PLAN.md
+++ b/PLAN.md
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ parse and warn, helps with copy pasting examples
 
 support Trino, BigQuery, Aurora DSLQ, etc.
 
+### Check `format()` calls
+
+https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/functions-string.html#FUNCTIONS-STRING-FORMAT
+
+```sql
+SELECT format('Hello %s', 'World');
+-- ok
+
+SELECT format('Hello %s %s', 'World');
+-- error                ^^
+```
+
 ### Formatter
 
 ```shell
@@ -387,6 +399,24 @@ select count(*) from t where t.name in ('1 month', '2 month')
 -- type checks!
 ```
 
+### Rule: no-unncesssary-parens
+
+```sql
+select (((x * 2)));
+-- becomes
+select x * 2;
+```
+
+```sql
+-- ok, indexes on expressions require extra parens
+create index foo on t((1));
+
+-- ok
+select (x * 2) + 4;
+```
+
+related: https://eslint.style/rules/no-extra-parens
+
 ### Rule: dialect: now() to dest
 
 should support various fixes so people can write in one dialect of SQL and have it easily convert to the other one
diff --git a/crates/squawk/src/config.rs b/crates/squawk/src/config.rs
index 56901cf7..26f56404 100644
--- a/crates/squawk/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/squawk/src/config.rs
@@ -137,4 +137,14 @@ fail_on_violations = true
         fs::write(&squawk_toml, file).expect("Unable to write file");
         assert_debug_snapshot!(Config::parse(Some(squawk_toml.path().to_path_buf())));
     }
+    #[test]
+    fn load_excluded_rules_with_alias() {
+        let squawk_toml = NamedTempFile::new().expect("generate tempFile");
+        let file = r#"
+excluded_rules = ["prefer-timestamp-tz", "prefer-timestamptz"]
+
+        "#;
+        fs::write(&squawk_toml, file).expect("Unable to write file");
+        assert_debug_snapshot!(Config::parse(Some(squawk_toml.path().to_path_buf())));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/squawk/src/snapshots/squawk__config__test_config__load_excluded_rules_with_alias.snap b/crates/squawk/src/snapshots/squawk__config__test_config__load_excluded_rules_with_alias.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b601469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/squawk/src/snapshots/squawk__config__test_config__load_excluded_rules_with_alias.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+source: crates/squawk/src/config.rs
+expression: "Config::parse(Some(squawk_toml.path().to_path_buf()))"
+---
+Ok(
+    Some(
+        Config {
+            excluded_paths: [],
+            excluded_rules: [
+                PreferTimestampTz,
+                PreferTimestampTz,
+            ],
+            pg_version: None,
+            assume_in_transaction: None,
+            upload_to_github: UploadToGitHubConfig {
+                fail_on_violations: None,
+            },
+        },
+    ),
+)
diff --git a/crates/squawk_linter/src/lib.rs b/crates/squawk_linter/src/lib.rs
index ea9c24c2..b17d57b9 100644
--- a/crates/squawk_linter/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/squawk_linter/src/lib.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ use rules::require_concurrent_index_deletion;
 use rules::transaction_nesting;
 // xtask:new-rule:rule-import
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Hash, Eq, Deserialize, Sequence)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Hash, Eq, Sequence)]
 pub enum Rule {
     #[serde(rename = "require-concurrent-index-creation")]
     RequireConcurrentIndexCreation,
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for UnknownRuleName {}
 impl std::str::FromStr for Rule {
     type Err = UnknownRuleName;
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        serde_plain::from_str(s).map_err(|_| UnknownRuleName { val: s.to_string() })
+        Rule::try_from(s).map_err(|_| UnknownRuleName { val: s.to_string() })
     }
 }
 
@@ -220,6 +220,16 @@ impl fmt::Display for Rule {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Rule {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let s = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        s.parse().map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Fix {
     pub title: String,
@@ -470,3 +480,24 @@ impl Linter {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use insta::assert_debug_snapshot;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn prefer_timestamp_aliases() {
+        let rule1: Rule = "prefer-timestamp-tz".parse().unwrap();
+        let rule2: Rule = "prefer-timestamptz".parse().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(rule1, rule2);
+        assert_debug_snapshot!(rule1, @"PreferTimestampTz");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn invalid_rule_name() {
+        let result: Result<Rule, _> = "invalid-rule-name".parse();
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+    }
+}