diff --git a/packages/plugins/graphql/config/functions/bootstrap.js b/packages/plugins/graphql/config/functions/bootstrap.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7438586e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugins/graphql/config/functions/bootstrap.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const { ApolloServer } = require('apollo-server-koa');
+const depthLimit = require('graphql-depth-limit');
+const { graphqlUploadKoa } = require('graphql-upload');
+
+module.exports = ({ strapi }) => {
+  const schema = strapi.plugins.graphql.services.schema(strapi).generateContentAPISchema();
+
+  if (_.isEmpty(schema)) {
+    strapi.log.warn('The GraphQL schema has not been generated because it is empty');
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const config = _.get(strapi.plugins.graphql, 'config', {});
+
+  // TODO: Remove these deprecated options in favor of `apolloServer` in the next major version
+  const deprecatedApolloServerConfig = {
+    tracing: _.get(config, 'tracing', false),
+    introspection: _.get(config, 'introspection', true),
+    engine: _.get(config, 'engine', false),
+  };
+
+  if (['tracing', 'introspection', 'engine'].some(key => _.has(config, key))) {
+    strapi.log.warn(
+      'The `tracing`, `introspection` and `engine` options are deprecated in favor of the `apolloServer` object and they will be removed in the next major version.'
+    );
+  }
+
+  const apolloServerConfig = _.get(config, 'apolloServer', {});
+
+  const serverParams = {
+    schema,
+    uploads: false,
+    context: ({ ctx }) => {
+      // Initialize loaders for this request.
+      // TODO: set loaders in the context not globally
+
+      strapi.plugins.graphql.services.old['data-loaders'].initializeLoader();
+
+      return {
+        context: ctx,
+      };
+    },
+    formatError: err => {
+      const formatError = _.get(config, 'formatError', null);
+
+      return typeof formatError === 'function' ? formatError(err) : err;
+    },
+    validationRules: [depthLimit(config.depthLimit)],
+    playground: false,
+    cors: false,
+    bodyParserConfig: true,
+    // TODO: Remove these deprecated options in favor of `apolloServerConfig` in the next major version
+    ...deprecatedApolloServerConfig,
+    ...apolloServerConfig,
+  };
+
+  // Disable GraphQL Playground in production environment.
+  if (strapi.config.environment !== 'production' || config.playgroundAlways) {
+    serverParams.playground = {
+      endpoint: `${strapi.config.server.url}${config.endpoint}`,
+      shareEnabled: config.shareEnabled,
+    };
+  }
+
+  const server = new ApolloServer(serverParams);
+
+  const uploadMiddleware = graphqlUploadKoa();
+  strapi.app.use((ctx, next) => {
+    if (ctx.path === config.endpoint) {
+      return uploadMiddleware(ctx, next);
+    }
+
+    return next();
+  });
+
+  server.start().then(() => {
+    server.applyMiddleware({
+      app: strapi.app,
+      path: config.endpoint,
+    });
+  });
+
+  strapi.plugins.graphql.destroy = async () => {
+    await server.stop();
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/plugins/graphql/hooks/graphql/load-config.js b/packages/plugins/graphql/config/functions/load-config.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/plugins/graphql/hooks/graphql/load-config.js
rename to packages/plugins/graphql/config/functions/load-config.js
diff --git a/packages/plugins/graphql/config/functions/register.js b/packages/plugins/graphql/config/functions/register.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da9ea198d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugins/graphql/config/functions/register.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const loadConfigs = require('./load-config');
+
+const attachMetadataToResolvers = (schema, { api, plugin }) => {
+  const { resolver = {} } = schema;
+  if (_.isEmpty(resolver)) return schema;
+
+  Object.keys(resolver).forEach(type => {
+    if (!_.isPlainObject(resolver[type])) return;
+
+    Object.keys(resolver[type]).forEach(resolverName => {
+      if (!_.isPlainObject(resolver[type][resolverName])) return;
+
+      resolver[type][resolverName]['_metadatas'] = {
+        api,
+        plugin,
+      };
+    });
+  });
+
+  return schema;
+};
+
+module.exports = async ({ strapi }) => {
+  const { appPath, installedPlugins } = strapi.config;
+
+  // Try to inject this hook just after the others hooks to skip the router processing.
+  if (!strapi.config.get('hook.load.after')) {
+    strapi.config.hook.load.after = [];
+  }
+
+  strapi.config.hook.load.after.push('graphql');
+  // Load core utils.
+
+  const { api, plugins, extensions } = await loadConfigs({
+    appPath,
+    installedPlugins,
+  });
+
+  _.merge(strapi, { api, plugins });
+
+  // Create a merge of all the GraphQL configuration.
+  const apisSchemas = Object.keys(strapi.api || {}).map(key => {
+    const schema = _.get(strapi.api[key], 'config.schema.graphql', {});
+    return attachMetadataToResolvers(schema, { api: key });
+  });
+
+  const pluginsSchemas = Object.keys(strapi.plugins || {}).map(key => {
+    const schema = _.get(strapi.plugins[key], 'config.schema.graphql', {});
+    return attachMetadataToResolvers(schema, { plugin: key });
+  });
+
+  const extensionsSchemas = Object.keys(extensions || {}).map(key => {
+    const schema = _.get(extensions[key], 'config.schema.graphql', {});
+    return attachMetadataToResolvers(schema, { plugin: key });
+  });
+
+  const baseSchema = mergeSchemas([...pluginsSchemas, ...extensionsSchemas, ...apisSchemas]);
+
+  // save the final schema in the plugin's config
+  _.set(strapi.plugins.graphql, 'config._schema.graphql', baseSchema);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Merges a  list of schemas
+ * @param {Array<Object>} schemas - The list of schemas to merge
+ */
+const mergeSchemas = schemas => {
+  return schemas.reduce((acc, el) => {
+    const { definition, query, mutation, type, resolver } = el;
+
+    return _.merge(acc, {
+      definition: `${acc.definition || ''} ${definition || ''}`,
+      query: `${acc.query || ''} ${query || ''}`,
+      mutation: `${acc.mutation || ''} ${mutation || ''}`,
+      type,
+      resolver,
+    });
+  }, {});
+};
diff --git a/packages/plugins/graphql/hooks/graphql/defaults.json b/packages/plugins/graphql/hooks/graphql/defaults.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f515a839e9..0000000000
--- a/packages/plugins/graphql/hooks/graphql/defaults.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "graphql": {
-    "enabled": true
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/plugins/graphql/hooks/graphql/index.js b/packages/plugins/graphql/hooks/graphql/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 54ad58b88a..0000000000
--- a/packages/plugins/graphql/hooks/graphql/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,177 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-/**
- * Module dependencies
- */
-
-// Public node modules.
-const _ = require('lodash');
-const { ApolloServer } = require('apollo-server-koa');
-const depthLimit = require('graphql-depth-limit');
-const { graphqlUploadKoa } = require('graphql-upload');
-const loadConfigs = require('./load-config');
-
-const attachMetadataToResolvers = (schema, { api, plugin }) => {
-  const { resolver = {} } = schema;
-  if (_.isEmpty(resolver)) return schema;
-
-  Object.keys(resolver).forEach(type => {
-    if (!_.isPlainObject(resolver[type])) return;
-
-    Object.keys(resolver[type]).forEach(resolverName => {
-      if (!_.isPlainObject(resolver[type][resolverName])) return;
-
-      resolver[type][resolverName]['_metadatas'] = {
-        api,
-        plugin,
-      };
-    });
-  });
-
-  return schema;
-};
-
-module.exports = strapi => {
-  const { appPath, installedPlugins } = strapi.config;
-
-  return {
-    async beforeInitialize() {
-      // Try to inject this hook just after the others hooks to skip the router processing.
-      if (!strapi.config.get('hook.load.after')) {
-        _.set(strapi.config.hook.load, 'after', []);
-      }
-
-      strapi.config.hook.load.after.push('graphql');
-      // Load core utils.
-
-      const { api, plugins, extensions } = await loadConfigs({
-        appPath,
-        installedPlugins,
-      });
-      _.merge(strapi, { api, plugins });
-
-      // Create a merge of all the GraphQL configuration.
-      const apisSchemas = Object.keys(strapi.api || {}).map(key => {
-        const schema = _.get(strapi.api[key], 'config.schema.graphql', {});
-        return attachMetadataToResolvers(schema, { api: key });
-      });
-
-      const pluginsSchemas = Object.keys(strapi.plugins || {}).map(key => {
-        const schema = _.get(strapi.plugins[key], 'config.schema.graphql', {});
-        return attachMetadataToResolvers(schema, { plugin: key });
-      });
-
-      const extensionsSchemas = Object.keys(extensions || {}).map(key => {
-        const schema = _.get(extensions[key], 'config.schema.graphql', {});
-        return attachMetadataToResolvers(schema, { plugin: key });
-      });
-
-      const baseSchema = mergeSchemas([...pluginsSchemas, ...extensionsSchemas, ...apisSchemas]);
-
-      // save the final schema in the plugin's config
-      _.set(strapi.plugins.graphql, 'config._schema.graphql', baseSchema);
-    },
-
-    initialize() {
-      const schema = strapi.plugins.graphql.services.schema(strapi).generateContentAPISchema();
-
-      if (_.isEmpty(schema)) {
-        strapi.log.warn('The GraphQL schema has not been generated because it is empty');
-
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const config = _.get(strapi.plugins.graphql, 'config', {});
-
-      // TODO: Remove these deprecated options in favor of `apolloServer` in the next major version
-      const deprecatedApolloServerConfig = {
-        tracing: _.get(config, 'tracing', false),
-        introspection: _.get(config, 'introspection', true),
-        engine: _.get(config, 'engine', false),
-      };
-
-      if (['tracing', 'introspection', 'engine'].some(key => _.has(config, key))) {
-        strapi.log.warn(
-          'The `tracing`, `introspection` and `engine` options are deprecated in favor of the `apolloServer` object and they will be removed in the next major version.'
-        );
-      }
-
-      const apolloServerConfig = _.get(config, 'apolloServer', {});
-
-      const serverParams = {
-        schema,
-        uploads: false,
-        context: ({ ctx }) => {
-          // Initialize loaders for this request.
-          // TODO: set loaders in the context not globally
-
-          strapi.plugins.graphql.services.old['data-loaders'].initializeLoader();
-
-          return {
-            context: ctx,
-          };
-        },
-        formatError: err => {
-          const formatError = _.get(config, 'formatError', null);
-
-          return typeof formatError === 'function' ? formatError(err) : err;
-        },
-        validationRules: [depthLimit(config.depthLimit)],
-        playground: false,
-        cors: false,
-        bodyParserConfig: true,
-        // TODO: Remove these deprecated options in favor of `apolloServerConfig` in the next major version
-        ...deprecatedApolloServerConfig,
-        ...apolloServerConfig,
-      };
-
-      // Disable GraphQL Playground in production environment.
-      if (strapi.config.environment !== 'production' || config.playgroundAlways) {
-        serverParams.playground = {
-          endpoint: `${strapi.config.server.url}${config.endpoint}`,
-          shareEnabled: config.shareEnabled,
-        };
-      }
-
-      const server = new ApolloServer(serverParams);
-
-      const uploadMiddleware = graphqlUploadKoa();
-      strapi.app.use((ctx, next) => {
-        if (ctx.path === config.endpoint) {
-          return uploadMiddleware(ctx, next);
-        }
-
-        return next();
-      });
-
-      server.start().then(() => {
-        server.applyMiddleware({
-          app: strapi.app,
-          path: config.endpoint,
-        });
-      });
-
-      strapi.plugins.graphql.destroy = async () => {
-        await server.stop();
-      };
-    },
-  };
-};
-
-/**
- * Merges a  list of schemas
- * @param {Array<Object>} schemas - The list of schemas to merge
- */
-const mergeSchemas = schemas => {
-  return schemas.reduce((acc, el) => {
-    const { definition, query, mutation, type, resolver } = el;
-
-    return _.merge(acc, {
-      definition: `${acc.definition || ''} ${definition || ''}`,
-      query: `${acc.query || ''} ${query || ''}`,
-      mutation: `${acc.mutation || ''} ${mutation || ''}`,
-      type,
-      resolver,
-    });
-  }, {});
-};