diff --git a/cljfmt/src/cljfmt/core.cljc b/cljfmt/src/cljfmt/core.cljc
index ae3b963..cc7319e 100644
--- a/cljfmt/src/cljfmt/core.cljc
+++ b/cljfmt/src/cljfmt/core.cljc
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
 (defn- element? [zloc]
   (and zloc (not (z/whitespace-or-comment? zloc))))
 
+(defn- comment? [zloc]
+  (some-> zloc z/node n/comment?))
+
+(defn- line-break? [zloc]
+  (or (z/linebreak? zloc) (comment? zloc)))
+
 (defn- reader-macro? [zloc]
   (and zloc (= (n/tag (z/node zloc)) :reader-macro)))
 
@@ -139,8 +145,27 @@
          (and align-args
               (align-args zloc-pos)))))
 
+(defn- sexpr-able? [zloc]
+  (try
+    (z/sexpr zloc)
+    true
+    (catch Exception _e
+      false)))
+
+(defn- multiline? [zloc]
+  (z/find (z/down zloc) z/right* line-break?))
+
+(defn- align-candidate? [zloc]
+  (and (multiline? zloc)
+       (sexpr-able? zloc)))
+
+(defn- align-binding? [zloc align-bindings-args]
+  (and (binding? zloc align-bindings-args)
+       (align-candidate? zloc)))
+
 (defn- align-map? [zloc]
-  (z/map? zloc))
+  (and (z/map? zloc)
+       (align-candidate? zloc)))
 
 (defn insert-missing-whitespace [form]
   (transform form edit-all missing-whitespace? z/insert-space-right))
@@ -149,7 +174,7 @@
   ([form]
    (align-bindings form default-align-bindings-args))
   ([form align-bindings-args]
-   (transform form edit-all #(binding? % align-bindings-args) align-binding)))
+   (transform form edit-all #(align-binding? % align-bindings-args) align-binding)))
 
 (defn- align-maps [form]
   (transform form edit-all align-map? align-map))
@@ -157,15 +182,9 @@
 (defn- space? [zloc]
   (= (z/tag zloc) :whitespace))
 
-(defn- comment? [zloc]
-  (some-> zloc z/node n/comment?))
-
 (defn- comma? [zloc]
   (some-> zloc z/node n/comma?))
 
-(defn- line-break? [zloc]
-  (or (z/linebreak? zloc) (comment? zloc)))
-
 (defn- skip-whitespace [zloc]
   (z/skip z/next* space? zloc))
 
diff --git a/cljfmt/test/cljfmt/core_test.cljc b/cljfmt/test/cljfmt/core_test.cljc
index 1b2acd4..c408d0b 100644
--- a/cljfmt/test/cljfmt/core_test.cljc
+++ b/cljfmt/test/cljfmt/core_test.cljc
@@ -1470,34 +1470,44 @@
             " :longer 2}"]
            {:align-maps? true})))))
 
-(deftest test-align-associative-abnormal
-  (testing "abnormal test cases"
-    (testing "indentation off #1"
+(deftest test-align-associative-abnormal-1
+    (testing "cljs map values"
       (is (reformats-to?
-           ["{  :a 1"
-            " :longer 2}"]
-           ["{:a      1"
-            " :longer 2}"]
-           {:align-maps? true})))
-    (testing "indentation off #2"
-      (is (reformats-to?
-           ["{  :a     1"
-            " :longer 2}"]
-           ["{:a      1"
-            " :longer 2}"]
-           {:align-maps? true})))
-    (testing "indentation off #3"
+            ["{:indents {'thing.core/defthing [[:inner 0]]"
+             "'let [[:inner 0]]}"
+             "#?@(:cljs [:alias-map {}])}"]
+            ["{:indents {'thing.core/defthing [[:inner 0]]"
+             "           'let                 [[:inner 0]]}"
+             " #?@(:cljs [:alias-map {}])}"]
+            {:align-maps? true}))))
+
+(deftest test-align-associative-abnormal-2
+  (testing "indentation off #1"
+    (is (reformats-to?
+          ["{  :a 1"
+           " :longer 2}"]
+          ["{:a      1"
+           " :longer 2}"]
+          {:align-maps? true})))
+  (testing "indentation off #2"
+    (is (reformats-to?
+          ["{  :a     1"
+           " :longer 2}"]
+          ["{:a      1"
+           " :longer 2}"]
+          {:align-maps? true})))
+  (testing "indentation off #3"
+    (is (reformats-to?
+          ["{:a           1"
+           " :longer 2}"]
+          ["{:a      1"
+           " :longer 2}"]
+          {:align-maps? true})))
+  (testing "future effort?"
+    (testing "multi-value line"
       (is (reformats-to?
-           ["{:a           1"
-            " :longer 2}"]
-           ["{:a      1"
-            " :longer 2}"]
-           {:align-maps? true})))
-    (testing "future effort?"
-      (testing "multi-value line"
-        (is (reformats-to?
-             ["{:a 1 :b 2"
-              " :longer 2}"]
-             ["{:a      1 :b      2"
-              " :longer 2}"]
-             {:align-maps? true}))))))
+            ["{:a 1 :b 2"
+             " :longer 2}"]
+            ["{:a      1 :b      2"
+             " :longer 2}"]
+            {:align-maps? true})))))