diff --git a/plugins/config/src/RefNameAliasAdapter/RefNameAliasAdapter.ts b/plugins/config/src/RefNameAliasAdapter/RefNameAliasAdapter.ts
index 8a1eee56ef..fa06e2a54e 100644
--- a/plugins/config/src/RefNameAliasAdapter/RefNameAliasAdapter.ts
+++ b/plugins/config/src/RefNameAliasAdapter/RefNameAliasAdapter.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ export default class RefNameAliasAdapter
       return []
     }
     const results = await openLocation(loc).readFile('utf8')
+    const refColumn = readConfObject(this.config, 'refNameColumn')
     return results
       .trim()
       .split('\n')
       .filter(f => !!f && !f.startsWith('#'))
       .map(row => {
-        const [refName, ...aliases] = row.split('\t')
+        const aliases = row.split('\t')
+        const [refName] = aliases.splice(refColumn, 1)
         return { refName, aliases }
       })
   }
diff --git a/plugins/config/src/RefNameAliasAdapter/configSchema.ts b/plugins/config/src/RefNameAliasAdapter/configSchema.ts
index 03c0b8fd32..98ff9789dc 100644
--- a/plugins/config/src/RefNameAliasAdapter/configSchema.ts
+++ b/plugins/config/src/RefNameAliasAdapter/configSchema.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ export default ConfigurationSchema(
         locationType: 'UriLocation',
       },
     },
+    refNameColumn: {
+      type: 'number',
+      defaultValue: 0,
+    },
   },
   { explicitlyTyped: true },
 )