diff --git a/examples/rails/Gemfile.lock b/examples/rails/Gemfile.lock
index 8e9a324..352cc1c 100644
--- a/examples/rails/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/examples/rails/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: ../..
   specs:
-    evnt (3.3.0)
+    evnt (3.4.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
diff --git a/lib/evnt/query.rb b/lib/evnt/query.rb
index 38bd130..bb71313 100644
--- a/lib/evnt/query.rb
+++ b/lib/evnt/query.rb
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ def initialize
       raise SystemCallError, 'Query can not be initialized'
     end
 
-    def self.as_json(_query, _parameters, except: [], only: [])
+    def self.as_json(_query, _parameters = {})
       raise NotImplementedError, 'As json method should be implemented on Query subclasses'
     end
 
-    def self.as_string(_query, _parameters, except: [], only: [])
+    def self.as_string(_query, _parameters = {})
       raise NotImplementedError, 'As string method should be implemented on Query subclasses'
     end
 
-    def self.as_bytes(_query, _parameters, except: [], only: [])
+    def self.as_bytes(_query, _parameters = {})
       raise NotImplementedError, 'As bytes method should be implemented on Query subclasses'
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/evnt/query_activerecord.rb b/lib/evnt/query_activerecord.rb
index 236e5d1..1705fd4 100644
--- a/lib/evnt/query_activerecord.rb
+++ b/lib/evnt/query_activerecord.rb
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ class QueryActiverecord < Evnt::Query
     #
     # * +query+ - The name of the query that should be executed.
     # * +parameters+ - An object containing the parameters for the query.
-    # * +except+ - The list of attributes that should be removed from the json.
-    # * +only+ - The list of parameters that shoud be accepted for the json.
     ##
-    def self.as_json(query, parameters = {}, except: [], only: [])
+    def self.as_json(query, parameters = {})
+      except = parameters[:_except] || []
+      only = parameters[:_only] || []
+
       result = send(query, parameters).as_json
       return result unless except.length.positive? || only.length.positive?
 
@@ -35,11 +36,9 @@ def self.as_json(query, parameters = {}, except: [], only: [])
     #
     # * +query+ - The name of the query that should be executed.
     # * +parameters+ - An object containing the parameters for the query.
-    # * +except+ - The list of attributes that should be removed from the json.
-    # * +only+ - The list of parameters that shoud be accepted for the json.
     ##
-    def self.as_string(query, parameters = {}, except: [], only: [])
-      as_json(query, parameters, except: except, only: only).to_s
+    def self.as_string(query, parameters = {})
+      as_json(query, parameters).to_s
     end
 
     ##
@@ -49,11 +48,9 @@ def self.as_string(query, parameters = {}, except: [], only: [])
     #
     # * +query+ - The name of the query that should be executed.
     # * +parameters+ - An object containing the parameters for the query.
-    # * +except+ - The list of attributes that should be removed from the json.
-    # * +only+ - The list of parameters that shoud be accepted for the json.
     ##
-    def self.as_bytes(query, parameters = {}, except: [], only: [])
-      as_string(query, parameters, except: except, only: only).bytes.to_a
+    def self.as_bytes(query, parameters = {})
+      as_string(query, parameters).bytes.to_a
     end
 
   end