--- a/src/Generator/BaseGenerator.php	Sat Jun 24 01:08:01 2023 -0400
+++ b/src/Generator/BaseGenerator.php	Sun Jun 25 14:45:15 2023 -0400
@@ -10,15 +10,13 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 use Wizzard\MagicForger\Replacer;
 
 #[AsCommand(name: 'mf')]
 class BaseGenerator extends ControllerMakeCommand
 {
-    protected $schema;
-		protected $tables;
-
     /**
      * The name and signature of the console command.
      *
@@ -33,6 +31,21 @@
      */
     protected $description = 'Generates any (or all) of the available files.';
 
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $schema;
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $tables;
+
     /**
      * Execute the console command.
      */
@@ -74,11 +87,11 @@
             $this->createModel();
         }
 
-//TODO: when working on an actual 
+        //TODO: when working on an actual
         $name = $this->qualifyClass($this->getTableInput());
 
         $path = $this->getPath($name);
-				dd($name, $path);
+        dd($name, $path);
 
         // Next, We will check to see if the class already exists. If it does, we don't want
         // to create the class and overwrite the user's code. So, we will bail out so the
@@ -128,15 +141,17 @@
 
     protected function promptForMissingArguments(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
-        $table = null;
-        while ($table === null) {
-            $table = $this->components->askWithCompletion(
-                'What Table should we use?',
-                $this->possibleTables()
-            );
+        if(is_null($input->getArgument('table'))) {
+            $table = null;
+            while ($table === null) {
+                $table = $this->components->askWithCompletion(
+                    'What Table should we use?',
+                    $this->possibleTables()
+                );
+            }
+
+            $input->setArgument('table', $table);
         }
-
-        $input->setArgument('table', $table);
         parent::promptForMissingArguments($input, $output);
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +190,6 @@
             /* ['force', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Create the class even if the controller already exists'], */
             /* ['invokable', 'i', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Generate a single method, invokable controller class'], */
 
-            ['table', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'The table to generate files for.'],
             ['all', 'a', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Generate a migration, seeder, factory, policy, resource controller, and form request classes for the model'],
 
         ];
@@ -194,6 +208,27 @@
     ///				TO GO IN THE BASE CLASS				 ///
     ////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the file that will be worked on. If there is already an existing file
+     * then we can open that. However if we are forcing the operation, then we
+     * will start with an empty stub.
+     *
+     */
+    protected function getFile($name)
+    {
+
+        if ((! $this->hasOption('force') ||
+             ! $this->option('force')) &&
+             $this->alreadyExists($name)) {
+            //Working with an existing file
+            $this->files->get($name);
+        }
+
+        //Working with a stub
+        return $this->files->get($this->getStub());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the desired class table from the input.
      *
@@ -214,19 +249,19 @@
      */
     protected function possibleTables()
     {
+        return $this->getTables();
+    }
 
-				return $this->getTables();
-    }
-		
     /**
      * Get the tables in the schema
      */
     protected function getTables()
     {
-        $tables = $this->getSchema()->listTableNames();
+        if (is_null($this->tables)) {
+            $this->tables = collect($this->getSchema()->listTableNames())->all();
+        }
 
-        return collect($tables)
-            ->all();
+        return $this->tables;
     }
 
     /**