diff --git a/tackle/parser.py b/tackle/parser.py
index 0ea72b5ab..74a749b01 100644
--- a/tackle/parser.py
+++ b/tackle/parser.py
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ def get_hook(hook_type, context: 'Context') -> Type[BaseHook]:
         #  separate from the declarative hook.
         for method in hook_parts:
             new_hook = None
+
+            # TODO: Fix this -> https://github.com/robcxyz/tackle/issues/113
+            # When hooks are in `hooks` dir we apparently need to instantiate the base
+            if isinstance(h, LazyBaseFunction):
+                h = create_function_model(
+                    context=context,
+                    func_name=method,
+                    func_dict=h.function_dict.copy(),
+                )
+
             try:
                 new_hook = h.__fields__[method].default
             except (IndexError, KeyError):
diff --git a/tests/parser/functions/fixtures/func-provider-method/a-dir/.gitkeep b/tests/parser/functions/fixtures/func-provider-method/a-dir/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/parser/functions/fixtures/func-provider-method/hooks/funks.yaml b/tests/parser/functions/fixtures/func-provider-method/hooks/funks.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e9b33976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parser/functions/fixtures/func-provider-method/hooks/funks.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+a_funky<-:
+  full:
+    type: str
+    description: A description
+    default: a-default
+  compact: a-default
+
+  exec:
+    foo: bar
+    do->: var "{{full}}"
+
+  args:
+    - full
+
+  return: do
+
+  func_method<-:
+    exec:
+      p->: print {{full}}
+
+#c->: a_funky.func_method
+
+#b_funky<-:
+#  full:
+#    type: str
+#    description: A description
+#    default: a-default
+#  compact: a-default
+#
+#  exec:
+#    foo: bar
+#    do->: var "{{full}}"
+#
+#  args:
+#    - full
+#
+#  return: do
+
diff --git a/tests/parser/functions/fixtures/func-provider-method/tackle.yaml b/tests/parser/functions/fixtures/func-provider-method/tackle.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b144b5e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parser/functions/fixtures/func-provider-method/tackle.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+<-:
+  exec:
+    t->: a_funky.func_method
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/parser/functions/test_functions.py b/tests/parser/functions/test_functions.py
index e198598b6..9c93af0b2 100644
--- a/tests/parser/functions/test_functions.py
+++ b/tests/parser/functions/test_functions.py
@@ -3,15 +3,11 @@
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
 from tackle import tackle
-from tackle.exceptions import (
-    FunctionCallException,
-    HookParseException,
-    MalformedFunctionFieldException,
-)
 
 FIXTURES = [
-    ('call.yaml', 'call-output.yaml'),
-    ('return.yaml', 'return-output.yaml'),
+    # ('call.yaml', 'call-output.yaml'),
+    # ('return.yaml', 'return-output.yaml'),
+    ('return-render.yaml', 'return-output.yaml'),
 ]
 
 
@@ -141,6 +137,16 @@ def test_function_import_func_from_hooks_dir_context_preserved(change_curdir_fix
     assert o['calling_dir'].endswith('a-dir')
 
 
+def test_function_import_func_from_hooks_dir_context_preserved2(change_curdir_fixtures):
+    """
+    Check that when we run inside a nested dir, that a declarative hook carries context
+    such as calling_directory.
+    """
+    os.chdir(os.path.join('func-provider-method', 'a-dir'))
+    o = tackle()
+    assert o
+
+
 def test_function_method_no_default(change_curdir_fixtures):
     """Assert that method calls with base fields with no default can be run."""
     o = tackle('method-call-no-default.yaml')
@@ -162,51 +168,3 @@ def test_function_method_no_default(change_curdir_fixtures):
 #     """Check what compact hooks do."""
 #     output = tackle('compact.yaml')
 #     assert output
-
-
-def test_function_method_base_validate(change_curdir_fixtures):
-    """Check that when a method uses a base attribute, that validation still happens."""
-    with pytest.raises(Exception) as e:
-        tackle('method-base-validate.yaml')
-    assert 'string does not match regex' in e.value.message
-
-
-EXCEPTION_FIXTURES = [
-    # Check that return string not found caught
-    ('return-str-not-found.yaml', FunctionCallException),
-    # Check that type checking works with no exec method.
-    ('no-exec-type-error.yaml', HookParseException),
-    # Check args are required when they are not supplied.
-    ('field-require.yaml', HookParseException),
-    # Check that type is one of literals.
-    ('field-bad-type.yaml', MalformedFunctionFieldException),
-    # Check that type or default is given.
-    ('field-type-or-default.yaml', MalformedFunctionFieldException),
-]
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("fixture,exception", EXCEPTION_FIXTURES)
-def test_function_raises_exceptions(change_curdir_fixtures, fixture, exception):
-    with pytest.raises(exception):
-        tackle(fixture)
-
-
-FIELD_TYPE_EXCEPTION_FIXTURES = [
-    ('str', 'str'),
-    ('dict', 'str'),
-    ('list', 'str'),
-    ('str', 'type'),
-    ('dict', 'type'),
-    ('list', 'type'),
-    ('str', 'default'),
-    ('dict', 'default'),
-    ('list', 'default'),
-]
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("type_,field_input", FIELD_TYPE_EXCEPTION_FIXTURES)
-def test_function_raises_exceptions_field_types(chdir, type_, field_input):
-    """Check that a validation error is returned for each type of field definition."""
-    chdir(os.path.join('fixtures', 'field-type-exceptions'))
-    with pytest.raises(HookParseException):
-        tackle(f'field-types-{type_}-error-{field_input}.yaml')