diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a912598..454da39 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,6 +205,19 @@ imports = [
 ]
 ```
 
+This also works with excludes and includes.
+
+```toml
+[tool.paracelsus]
+base = "example.base:Base"
+imports = [
+  "example.models"
+]
+exclude_tables = [
+  "comments"
+]
+```
+
 ## Sponsorship
 
 This project is developed by [Robert Hafner](https://blog.tedivm.com) If you find this project useful please consider sponsoring me using Github!
diff --git a/paracelsus/cli.py b/paracelsus/cli.py
index 8c5b3b7..88e891f 100644
--- a/paracelsus/cli.py
+++ b/paracelsus/cli.py
@@ -67,15 +67,15 @@ def graph(
     settings = get_pyproject_settings()
     base_class = get_base_class(base_class_path, settings)
 
-    if settings and "imports" in settings:
+    if "imports" in settings:
         import_module.extend(settings["imports"])
 
     typer.echo(
         get_graph_string(
             base_class_path=base_class,
             import_module=import_module,
-            include_tables=set(include_tables),
-            exclude_tables=set(exclude_tables),
+            include_tables=set(include_tables + settings.get("include_tables", [])),
+            exclude_tables=set(exclude_tables + settings.get("exclude_tables", [])),
             python_dir=python_dir,
             format=format.value,
         )
@@ -141,12 +141,16 @@ def inject(
         ),
     ] = False,
 ):
+    settings = get_pyproject_settings()
+    if "imports" in settings:
+        import_module.extend(settings["imports"])
+
     # Generate Graph
     graph = get_graph_string(
         base_class_path=base_class_path,
         import_module=import_module,
-        include_tables=set(include_tables),
-        exclude_tables=set(exclude_tables),
+        include_tables=set(include_tables + settings.get("include_tables", [])),
+        exclude_tables=set(exclude_tables + settings.get("exclude_tables", [])),
         python_dir=python_dir,
         format=format.value,
     )
diff --git a/paracelsus/graph.py b/paracelsus/graph.py
index 936924f..ed2d048 100644
--- a/paracelsus/graph.py
+++ b/paracelsus/graph.py
@@ -106,5 +106,11 @@ def filter_metadata(
     filtered_metadata = MetaData()
     for tablename, table in metadata.tables.items():
         if tablename in include_tables:
-            table.tometadata(filtered_metadata)
+            if hasattr(table, "to_metadata"):
+                # to_metadata is the new way to do this, but it's only available in newer versions of SQLAlchemy.
+                table = table.to_metadata(filtered_metadata)
+            else:
+                # tometadata is deprecated, but we still need to support it for older versions of SQLAlchemy.
+                table = table.tometadata(filtered_metadata)
+
     return filtered_metadata
diff --git a/paracelsus/pyproject.py b/paracelsus/pyproject.py
index 02df80d..c28584d 100644
--- a/paracelsus/pyproject.py
+++ b/paracelsus/pyproject.py
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
     import toml as tomllib  # type: ignore
 
 
-def get_pyproject_settings(dir: Path = Path(os.getcwd())) -> Dict[str, Any] | None:
+def get_pyproject_settings(dir: Path = Path(os.getcwd())) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     pyproject = dir / "pyproject.toml"
 
     if not pyproject.exists():
-        return None
+        return {}
 
     with open(pyproject, "rb") as f:
         data = tomllib.loads(f.read().decode())
 
-    return data.get("tool", {}).get("paracelsus", None)
+    return data.get("tool", {}).get("paracelsus", {})
diff --git a/tests/test_pyproject.py b/tests/test_pyproject.py
index 4a6a223..6122619 100644
--- a/tests/test_pyproject.py
+++ b/tests/test_pyproject.py
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ def test_pyproject(package_path):
 
 def test_pyproject_none():
     settings = get_pyproject_settings()
-    assert settings is None
+    assert settings == {}