diff --git a/.changes/packager-panic-no-cargo-toml.md b/.changes/packager-panic-no-cargo-toml.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..993deaa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/packager-panic-no-cargo-toml.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"cargo-packager": "patch"
+"@crabnebula/packager": "patch"
+---
+
+Fix CLI failing with `Failed to read cargo metadata: cargo metadata` for non-rust projects.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index db47fb8b..b73209a9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-packager-updater"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "cargo-packager-utils",
diff --git a/bindings/packager/nodejs/schema.json b/bindings/packager/nodejs/schema.json
index a1578058..5dee8bf8 100644
--- a/bindings/packager/nodejs/schema.json
+++ b/bindings/packager/nodejs/schema.json
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@
           }
         },
         "excludedLibs": {
-          "description": "List of globs of libraries to exclude from the final APpImage. For example, to exclude libnss3.so, you'd specify `libnss3*`",
+          "description": "List of globs of libraries to exclude from the final AppImage. For example, to exclude libnss3.so, you'd specify `libnss3*`",
           "type": [
             "array",
             "null"
diff --git a/bindings/packager/nodejs/src-ts/config.d.ts b/bindings/packager/nodejs/src-ts/config.d.ts
index 48ef334e..0c2262ee 100644
--- a/bindings/packager/nodejs/src-ts/config.d.ts
+++ b/bindings/packager/nodejs/src-ts/config.d.ts
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ export interface AppImageConfig {
     [k: string]: string;
   } | null;
   /**
-   * List of globs of libraries to exclude from the final APpImage. For example, to exclude libnss3.so, you'd specify `libnss3*`
+   * List of globs of libraries to exclude from the final AppImage. For example, to exclude libnss3.so, you'd specify `libnss3*`
    */
   excludedLibs?: string[] | null;
 }
diff --git a/crates/packager/schema.json b/crates/packager/schema.json
index a1578058..5dee8bf8 100644
--- a/crates/packager/schema.json
+++ b/crates/packager/schema.json
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@
           }
         },
         "excludedLibs": {
-          "description": "List of globs of libraries to exclude from the final APpImage. For example, to exclude libnss3.so, you'd specify `libnss3*`",
+          "description": "List of globs of libraries to exclude from the final AppImage. For example, to exclude libnss3.so, you'd specify `libnss3*`",
           "type": [
             "array",
             "null"
diff --git a/crates/packager/src/cli/config.rs b/crates/packager/src/cli/config.rs
index 3933b821..4c496c4f 100644
--- a/crates/packager/src/cli/config.rs
+++ b/crates/packager/src/cli/config.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ pub fn load_configs_from_cargo_workspace(
     if let Some(manifest_path) = &manifest_path {
         metadata_cmd.manifest_path(manifest_path);
     }
-    let metadata = metadata_cmd.exec()?;
+    let Ok(metadata) = metadata_cmd.exec() else {
+        return Ok(Vec::new());
+    };
 
     let mut configs = Vec::new();
     for package in metadata.workspace_packages().iter() {