diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index 9fa576e..9d35945 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
--- Create your database schema here
+create type item_type as enum (
+  'TOPIC'
+);
+
+create table relational_items (
+  id serial primary key,
+  type item_type not null default 'TOPIC'::item_type,
+  deleted_at timestamp with time zone
+);
+
+create table relational_topics (
+  id int primary key references relational_items,
+  title text not null
+);
+
+comment on table relational_items is $$
+  @interface mode:relational type:type
+  @type TOPIC references:relational_topics
+  $$;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/graphile.config.ts b/src/graphile.config.ts
index a052483..f6e4222 100644
--- a/src/graphile.config.ts
+++ b/src/graphile.config.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,57 @@ import { PgAggregatesPreset } from "@graphile/pg-aggregates";
 import { PgManyToManyPreset } from "@graphile-contrib/pg-many-to-many";
 // import { PgSimplifyInflectionPreset } from "@graphile/simplify-inflection";
 import PersistedPlugin from "@grafserv/persisted";
-import { PgOmitArchivedPlugin } from "@graphile-contrib/pg-omit-archived";
+import {
+  PgOmitArchivedPlugin,
+  custom as customPgOmitArchived,
+} from "@graphile-contrib/pg-omit-archived";
 import { dirname } from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import type { PgSQL, SQL } from "postgraphile/pg-sql2";
+
+declare global {
+  namespace GraphileBuild {
+    interface SchemaOptions {
+      /**
+       * The name of the column to use to determine if the record is archived
+       * or not. Defaults to 'is_archived'
+       */
+      pgDeletedColumnName?: string;
+      /**
+       * Set this true to invert the column logic - i.e. if your column is
+       * `is_visible` instead of `is_archived`.
+       */
+      pgDeletedColumnImpliesVisible?: boolean;
+      /**
+       * If your determination of whether a record is archived or not is more complex
+       * than checking if a column is not null/not false then you can define an SQL
+       * expression instead.
+       */
+      pgDeletedExpression?: (sql: PgSQL, tableAlias: SQL) => SQL;
+      /**
+       * The default option to use for the 'includeDeleted' argument. Defaults
+       * to 'NO', but will be replaced with 'INHERIT' where possible unless you set
+       * `pgDeletedDefaultInherit` to false.
+       */
+      pgDeletedDefault?: "INHERIT" | "NO" | "YES" | "EXCLUSIVELY";
+      /**
+       * Set false if you don't want the system to default to 'INHERIT' if it's
+       * able to do so.
+       */
+      pgDeletedDefaultInherit?: boolean;
+      /**
+       * Set true if you want related record collections to have the
+       * pg-omit-archived behavior if they belong to a table that explicitly
+       * matches.
+       */
+      pgDeletedRelations?: boolean;
+      /**
+       * If you want the system to apply the archived filter to a specific list of tables, list their names here:
+       */
+      pgDeletedTables?: string[];
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
@@ -33,7 +81,12 @@ const preset: GraphileConfig.Preset = {
     PgAggregatesPreset,
     // PgSimplifyInflectionPreset
   ],
-  plugins: [PersistedPlugin.default, PgOmitArchivedPlugin, TagsFilePlugin],
+  plugins: [
+    PersistedPlugin.default,
+    PgOmitArchivedPlugin,
+    customPgOmitArchived("deleted"),
+    TagsFilePlugin,
+  ],
   pgServices: [
     makePgService({
       // Database connection string:
@@ -56,6 +109,14 @@ const preset: GraphileConfig.Preset = {
   grafast: {
     explain: true,
   },
+  schema: {
+    pgDeletedColumnName: "deleted_at",
+    pgDeletedColumnImpliesVisible: false,
+    pgDeletedRelations: false,
+    pgDeletedDefaultInherit: true,
+    pgDeletedDefault: "NO",
+    pgDeletedTables: [],
+  },
 };
 
 export default preset;
diff --git a/src/server-express.ts b/src/server-express.ts
index 0c99af0..ef4e98d 100644
--- a/src/server-express.ts
+++ b/src/server-express.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import express from "express";
 import { grafserv } from "postgraphile/grafserv/express/v4";
 import { postgraphile } from "postgraphile";
 import preset from "./graphile.config.ts";
+import { test } from "./test.ts";
 
 // Create an express app
 const app = express();
@@ -24,3 +25,5 @@ const server = app.listen(port, host, () => {
 // Mount our Grafserv instance into our Express app, passing the HTTP server so
 // we can attach websocket support.
 serv.addTo(app, server);
+
+test(await serv.getSchema(), serv.getPreset());
diff --git a/src/test.ts b/src/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11c3ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { grafast } from "postgraphile/grafast";
+import type { GraphQLSchema } from "postgraphile/graphql";
+
+/**
+ * Should print "column __relational_topics__.deleted_at does not exist" error
+ * @param schema
+ * @param resolvedPreset
+ */
+export async function test(
+  schema: GraphQLSchema,
+  resolvedPreset: GraphileConfig.ResolvedPreset
+) {
+  const result = await grafast({
+    schema,
+    source: `query MyQuery {
+  allRelationalTopics {
+    nodes {
+      title
+    }
+  }
+}`,
+    rootValue: null,
+    contextValue: {},
+    variableValues: {},
+    operationName: null,
+    resolvedPreset,
+    requestContext: {},
+  });
+  if (Symbol.asyncIterator in result) {
+    console.log("Async iterator result");
+  } else if (result.errors) {
+    console.error(result.errors);
+  } else {
+    console.log("Success");
+  }
+}