diff --git a/.changeset/slimy-cooks-relate.md b/.changeset/slimy-cooks-relate.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+'@frontside/backstage-plugin-graphql-backend-module-catalog': patch
+'@frontside/backstage-plugin-graphql-backend': patch
+---
+
+Make module default exports to allow using import syntax
+
+This change allows to use import syntax to load modules
+
+```diff
+import { createBackend } from '@backstage/backend-defaults';
+-import { graphqlPlugin } from '@frontside/backstage-plugin-graphql-backend';
+-import { graphqlModuleCatalog } from '@frontside/backstage-plugin-graphql-backend-module-catalog';
+
+const backend = createBackend();
+
+
+-backend.add(graphqlPlugin());
++backend.add(import('@frontside/backstage-plugin-graphql-backend'));
+-backend.add(graphqlModuleCatalog());
++backend.add(import('@frontside/backstage-plugin-graphql-backend-module-catalog'));
+
+backend.start();
+```
diff --git a/plugins/graphql-backend-module-catalog/src/index.ts b/plugins/graphql-backend-module-catalog/src/index.ts
index efedbcebf4..8b8b7477ce 100644
--- a/plugins/graphql-backend-module-catalog/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/graphql-backend-module-catalog/src/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export * from './relation';
 export * from './catalogModule';
 export * from './relationModule';
 export * from './entitiesLoadFn';
+export { graphqlModuleCatalog as default } from './catalogModule';
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diff --git a/plugins/graphql-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/graphql-backend/src/index.ts
index a4fa32bbf1..0e7ed91675 100644
--- a/plugins/graphql-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/graphql-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from './graphql';
 export * from './router';
 export * from '@frontside/backstage-plugin-graphql-backend-node';
+export { graphqlPlugin as default } from './graphql';
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