diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index c5404f5..08d299d 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c4518c..34d7903 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
   "prettier": "@marais/prettier",
   "dependencies": {
     "flattie": "^1.1.1",
-    "tctx": "^0.1.0"
+    "tctx": "^0.2.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@marais/prettier": "0.0.4",
diff --git a/src/async.test.ts b/src/async.test.ts
index 050eeea..74aaabb 100644
--- a/src/async.test.ts
+++ b/src/async.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';
 import { suite, test } from 'uvu';
 import * as assert from 'uvu/assert';
 
-import { make } from 'tctx';
+import { make } from 'tctx/traceparent';
 
 import type { Exporter } from 'rian';
 import * as rian from 'rian/async';
diff --git a/src/async.ts b/src/async.ts
index 62048d5..1804b01 100644
--- a/src/async.ts
+++ b/src/async.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import type { CallableScope, ClockLike, Options, Sampler, Scope, Span } from 'ri
 import type { Tracer } from 'rian/async';
 import { measure } from 'rian/utils';
 
-import { type Traceparent } from 'tctx';
-import * as tctx from 'tctx';
+import { type Traceparent } from 'tctx/traceparent';
+import * as traceparent from 'tctx/traceparent';
 
 import { span_buffer, wait_promises } from './_internal';
 
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ export function span(name: string, parent_id?: Traceparent | string) {
 	const should_sample = api.sampler;
 
 	// ---
-	const parent = (typeof parent_id === 'string' ? tctx.parse(parent_id) : (parent_id || current_span?.traceparent));
-	const id = parent?.child() || tctx.make();
+	const parent = (typeof parent_id === 'string' ? traceparent.parse(parent_id) : (parent_id || current_span?.traceparent));
+	const id = parent?.child() || traceparent.make();
 
-	const is_sampling = typeof should_sample == 'boolean' ? should_sample : should_sample(name, id, scope);
-	!is_sampling ? tctx.unsample(id) : tctx.sample(id);
+	const is_sampling = typeof should_sample == 'boolean' ? should_sample : should_sample(id.parent_id, parent, name, scope);
+	if (is_sampling) traceparent.sample(id);
+	else traceparent.unsample(id);
 
 	const span_obj: Span = {
 		id, parent, name,
diff --git a/src/index.d.ts b/src/index.d.ts
index 1ace399..b150214 100644
--- a/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/src/index.d.ts
@@ -49,13 +49,17 @@ export type Context = {
  */
 export type Sampler = (
 	/**
-	 * The name of the span.
+	 * The id of the new span looking for a sampling decision.
+ 	*/
+	id: string,
+	/**
+	 * The parent id of the new span looking for a sampling decision.
 	 */
-	name: string,
+	parent: Traceparent | undefined,
 	/**
-	 * The traceparent id of the span.
+	 * The name of the span.
 	 */
-	id: Traceparent,
+	name: string,
 	/**
 	 * The tracer this span belongs to.
 	 */
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 81bfc92..18a5fae 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import type { CallableScope, Options, Span, Tracer } from 'rian';
 import { measure } from 'rian/utils';
 import { span_buffer, wait_promises } from './_internal';
 
-import { type Traceparent } from 'tctx';
-import * as tctx from 'tctx';
+import { type Traceparent } from 'tctx/traceparent';
+import * as traceparent from 'tctx/traceparent';
 
 export { report, configure } from './_internal';
 
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ export function tracer(name: string, options?: Options): Tracer {
 		parent_id?: Traceparent | string,
 	): CallableScope => {
 		// ---
-		const parent = (typeof parent_id === 'string' ? tctx.parse(parent_id) : parent_id);
-		const id = parent?.child() || tctx.make();
+		const parent = (typeof parent_id === 'string' ? traceparent.parse(parent_id) : parent_id);
+		const id = parent?.child() || traceparent.make();
 
-		const is_sampling = typeof should_sample == 'boolean' ? should_sample : should_sample(name, id, scope);
-		!is_sampling ? tctx.unsample(id) : tctx.sample(id);
+		const is_sampling = typeof should_sample == 'boolean' ? should_sample : should_sample(id.parent_id, parent, name, scope);
+		if (is_sampling) traceparent.sample(id);
+		else traceparent.unsample(id);
 
 		const span_obj: Span = {
 			id, parent, name,
diff --git a/src/rian.test.ts b/src/rian.test.ts
index 42dc9af..0287493 100644
--- a/src/rian.test.ts
+++ b/src/rian.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { spy, spyOn } from 'nanospy';
-import { is_sampled } from 'tctx';
+import { is_sampled } from 'tctx/traceparent';
 import { suite, test } from 'uvu';
 import * as assert from 'uvu/assert';
 
 import * as rian from 'rian';
 import * as utils from 'rian/utils';
+import { traceparent } from 'tctx';
 
 const noop = () => {};
 
@@ -229,9 +230,71 @@ buffer('flush all', async () => {
 	assert.equal(spans[1].name, 'span 2');
 });
 
+const sampler = suite('sampler');
+
+sampler('should allow a sampler', async () => {
+	let should_sample = false;
+
+	const tracer = rian.tracer('test', {
+		sampler: () => should_sample,
+	});
+
+	tracer.span('not sampled')(() => { });
+	should_sample = true;
+	tracer.span('sampled')(() => { });
+
+	const exporter = spy<rian.Exporter>(returns);
+	const scopedSpans: rian.ScopedSpans[] = await rian.report(exporter);
+
+	assert.equal(scopedSpans.length, 1);
+	assert.equal(scopedSpans.at(0)!.spans.length, 1);
+	assert.equal(scopedSpans.at(0)?.spans.at(0)?.name, 'sampled');
+});
+
+sampler('allow a sampler to make a decision from its parent', async () => {
+	let no_parent_sample = true;
+
+	const S: rian.Sampler = (_id, parentId) => {
+		if (!parentId) return no_parent_sample;
+		return traceparent.is_sampled(parentId);
+	}
+
+	const tracer = rian.tracer('test', { sampler: S });
+
+	tracer.span('sampled#1')((s) => {
+		no_parent_sample = false;
+		s.span('sampled#1.1')(() => { })
+	});
+
+	no_parent_sample = false;
+	tracer.span('not sampled#1')((s) => {
+		s.span('not sampled#1.1')(() => { })
+	});
+
+	no_parent_sample = true;
+	tracer.span('sampled#2')((s) => {
+		s.span('sampled#2.1')(() => { })
+	});
+
+	no_parent_sample = false;
+
+	const exporter = spy<rian.Exporter>(returns);
+	const scopedSpans: rian.ScopedSpans[] = await rian.report(exporter);
+
+	assert.equal(scopedSpans.length, 1);
+	assert.equal(scopedSpans.at(0)!.spans.length, 4);
+	assert.equal(scopedSpans.at(0)!.spans.map(s => s.name), [
+		'sampled#1',
+		'sampled#1.1',
+		'sampled#2',
+		'sampled#2.1',
+	]);
+});
+
 test.run();
 fn.run();
 measure.run();
 sampled.run();
 events.run();
 buffer.run();
+sampler.run();