@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ sub execute {

     $filter ||= $query->filter;

     # Tables

-    unshift @$tables, @{$query->tables};

+    unshift @$tables, @{$query->{tables} || []};

     my $main_table = pop @$tables;

     $tables = $self->_remove_duplicate_table($tables, $main_table);

     if (my $q = $self->_quote) {

@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ sub _create_query {

             {

                 sql     => $query->sql, 

                 columns => $query->columns,

-                tables  => $query->tables

+                tables  => $query->{tables} || []

             }

         ) if $cache;

     }

@@ -19,11 +19,21 @@ sub filters {

     }

     return $self->{filters};

 }

-has  tables => sub { [] };

+

+# DEPRECATED!

+sub tables {

+    warn "DBIx::Custom::Query tables attribute method is DEPRECATED!";

+    my $self = shift;

+    if (@_) {

+        $self->{tables} = $_[0];

+        return $self;

+    }

+    return $self->{tables} ||= [];

+}

 #DEPRECATED!

 sub filter {

-    warn "DBIx::Custom::Query filter method is DEPRECATED!";

+    #warn "DBIx::Custom::Query filter method is DEPRECATED!";

     my $self = shift;

     if (@_) {

         my $filter = {};