diff --git a/posthog/hogql/parser.py b/posthog/hogql/parser.py
index 5cc7d6ced8066..32a454b05cf94 100644
--- a/posthog/hogql/parser.py
+++ b/posthog/hogql/parser.py
@@ -470,13 +470,13 @@ def visitKeywordForAlias(self, ctx: HogQLParser.KeywordForAliasContext):
     def visitAlias(self, ctx: HogQLParser.AliasContext):
         text = ctx.getText()
         if len(text) >= 2 and text.startswith("`") and text.endswith("`"):
-            text = parse_string(ctx)
+            text = parse_string(text)
         return text
 
     def visitIdentifier(self, ctx: HogQLParser.IdentifierContext):
         text = ctx.getText()
         if len(text) >= 2 and text.startswith("`") and text.endswith("`"):
-            text = parse_string(ctx)
+            text = parse_string(text)
         return text
 
     def visitIdentifierOrNull(self, ctx: HogQLParser.IdentifierOrNullContext):