diff --git a/core/store/src/main/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/store/Store.java b/core/store/src/main/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/store/Store.java
index 68deb0d403b..fd424247754 100644
--- a/core/store/src/main/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/store/Store.java
+++ b/core/store/src/main/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/store/Store.java
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@
  */
 public abstract class Store {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Store.class);
-    public static final String ADD_GRAPH_DECLARATIONS = "gaffer.federatedstore.addgraph.declarations";
     private final Class<? extends Serialiser> requiredParentSerialiserClass;
     private final Map<Class<? extends Operation>, OperationHandler> operationHandlers = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     protected final List<OperationChainOptimiser> opChainOptimisers = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -1102,15 +1101,6 @@ private void addConfiguredOperationHandlers() {
                 addOperationHandler(definition.getOperation(), definition.getHandler());
             }
         }
-
-        if (properties.containsKey(ADD_GRAPH_DECLARATIONS)) {
-            final String json = properties.get(ADD_GRAPH_DECLARATIONS);
-            final OperationDeclarations operationDeclarations = OperationDeclarations.fromJson(json);
-            for (final OperationDeclaration definition : operationDeclarations.getOperations()) {
-                addOperationHandler(definition.getOperation(), definition.getHandler());
-            }
-        }
-
     }
 
     protected void startCacheServiceLoader(final StoreProperties properties) {
diff --git a/core/store/src/main/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/store/StoreProperties.java b/core/store/src/main/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/store/StoreProperties.java
index 90c4f77c7b6..e49391e98fc 100644
--- a/core/store/src/main/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/store/StoreProperties.java
+++ b/core/store/src/main/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/store/StoreProperties.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class StoreProperties implements Cloneable {
 
     public static final String STORE_PROPERTIES_CLASS = "gaffer.store.properties.class";
     public static final String OPERATION_DECLARATIONS = "gaffer.store.operation.declarations";
+    public static final String OPERATION_DECLARATIONS_JSON = "gaffer.store.operation.declarations.json";
 
     public static final String JOB_TRACKER_ENABLED = "gaffer.store.job.tracker.enabled";
 
@@ -275,18 +276,21 @@ public void merge(final StoreProperties properties) {
      */
     @JsonIgnore
     public OperationDeclarations getOperationDeclarations() {
-        OperationDeclarations declarations = null;
+        OperationDeclarations.Builder declarations = new OperationDeclarations.Builder();
 
         final String declarationsPaths = get(StoreProperties.OPERATION_DECLARATIONS);
         if (null != declarationsPaths) {
-            declarations = OperationDeclarations.fromPaths(declarationsPaths);
+            OperationDeclarations.fromPaths(declarationsPaths).getOperations()
+                    .forEach(d -> declarations.declaration(d));
         }
 
-        if (null == declarations) {
-            declarations = new OperationDeclarations.Builder().build();
+        if (containsKey(OPERATION_DECLARATIONS_JSON)) {
+            final String json = get(OPERATION_DECLARATIONS_JSON);
+            OperationDeclarations.fromJson(json).getOperations()
+                    .forEach(d -> declarations.declaration(d));
         }
 
-        return declarations;
+        return declarations.build();
     }
 
     public String getStoreClass() {
diff --git a/store-implementation/federated-store/src/test/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/federatedstore/operation/handler/impl/FederatedAddGraphHandlerTest.java b/store-implementation/federated-store/src/test/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/federatedstore/operation/handler/impl/FederatedAddGraphHandlerTest.java
index 81693f6bd92..879e24768b3 100644
--- a/store-implementation/federated-store/src/test/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/federatedstore/operation/handler/impl/FederatedAddGraphHandlerTest.java
+++ b/store-implementation/federated-store/src/test/java/uk/gov/gchq/gaffer/federatedstore/operation/handler/impl/FederatedAddGraphHandlerTest.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 import static uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.federatedstore.FederatedGraphStorage.USER_IS_ATTEMPTING_TO_OVERWRITE;
 import static uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.federatedstore.FederatedStoreTestUtil.SCHEMA_EDGE_BASIC_JSON;
 import static uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.federatedstore.FederatedStoreTestUtil.loadSchemaFromJson;
-import static uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.store.Store.ADD_GRAPH_DECLARATIONS;
+import static uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.store.StoreProperties.OPERATION_DECLARATIONS_JSON;
 import static uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.user.StoreUser.authUser;
 import static uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.user.StoreUser.blankUser;
 import static uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.user.StoreUser.testUser;
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ public void shouldAddGraphWithHandler() throws Exception {
 
         final AccumuloProperties clone = PROPERTIES.clone();
 
-        clone.set(ADD_GRAPH_DECLARATIONS, new String(JSONSerialiser.serialise(new OperationDeclarations.Builder()
+        clone.set(OPERATION_DECLARATIONS_JSON, new String(JSONSerialiser.serialise(new OperationDeclarations.Builder()
                 .declaration(new OperationDeclaration.Builder()
                         .handler(new TestErrorHandler())
                         .operation(GetAllElements.class)