diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 748542bc..a2ee8d84 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # hstats 1.0.1
 
+## Bug fixes
+
+- Using `BY` and `w` via column names would fail for tibbles. This problem was described in [#92](https://github.com/mayer79/hstats/issues/92) by @RoelVerbelen. Thx!
+
 ## Other changes
 
 - Add unit tests to compare against {iml}.
diff --git a/R/utils_input.R b/R/utils_input.R
index c59d5027..be353ee0 100644
--- a/R/utils_input.R
+++ b/R/utils_input.R
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 prepare_by <- function(BY, X, by_size) {
   if (length(BY) == 1L && BY %in% colnames(X)) {
     by_name <- BY
-    BY <- X[, by_name]
+    if (is.data.frame(X)) {
+      BY <- X[[by_name]]
+    } else {
+      BY <- X[, by_name]
+    }
   } else {
     stopifnot(
       NCOL(BY) == 1L,
@@ -44,7 +48,11 @@ prepare_by <- function(BY, X, by_size) {
 prepare_w <- function(w, X) {
   if (length(w) == 1L && w %in% colnames(X)) {
     w_name <- w
-    w <- X[, w]
+    if (is.data.frame(X)) {
+      w <- X[[w]]
+    } else {
+      w <- X[, w]
+    }
   } else {
     stopifnot(
       NCOL(w) == 1L,
@@ -69,7 +77,11 @@ prepare_w <- function(w, X) {
 prepare_y <- function(y, X) {
   if (NROW(y) < nrow(X) && all(y %in% colnames(X))) {
     y_names <- y
-    y <- X[, y]
+    if (is.data.frame(X) && length(y) == 1L) {
+      y <- X[[y]]
+    } else {
+      y <- X[, y]
+    }
   } else {
     stopifnot(NROW(y) == nrow(X))
     y_names <- NULL
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_perm_importance.R b/tests/testthat/test_perm_importance.R
index 155d7377..87156ef7 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_perm_importance.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_perm_importance.R
@@ -400,4 +400,5 @@ test_that("perm_importance() works with missing values", {
     r <- perm_importance(fit, X = X, y = y, pred_fun = pf, verbose = FALSE)
   )
   expect_true(r$M[1L] > 0 && all(r$M[2:3] == 0))
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_statistics.R b/tests/testthat/test_statistics.R
index 06662b8c..6ed3748a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_statistics.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_statistics.R
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ test_that(".zap_small() works for matrix input", {
 fit <- lm(cbind(up = uptake, up2 = 2 * uptake) ~ Type * Treatment * conc, data = CO2)
 H <- hstats(fit, X = CO2[2:4], verbose = FALSE)
 s <- h2_pairwise(H)
-imp <- perm_importance(fit, CO2, v = c("Type", "Treatment", "conc"), y = "uptake")
+imp <- perm_importance(
+  fit, CO2, v = c("Type", "Treatment", "conc"), y = "uptake", verbose = FALSE
+)
 
 test_that("print() method does not give error", {
   capture_output(expect_no_error(print(s)))
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ test_that("subsetting works", {
 
 fit <- lm(uptake ~ Type * Treatment * conc, data = CO2)
 set.seed(1L)
-s <- perm_importance(fit, X = CO2[2:4], y = CO2$uptake)
+s <- perm_importance(fit, X = CO2[2:4], y = CO2$uptake, verbose = FALSE)
 
 test_that("print() method does not give error", {
   capture_output(expect_no_error(print(s)))