diff --git a/legend-engine-core/legend-engine-core-base/legend-engine-core-language-pure/legend-engine-language-pure-compiler/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/engine/language/pure/compiler/toPureGraph/PureModel.java b/legend-engine-core/legend-engine-core-base/legend-engine-core-language-pure/legend-engine-language-pure-compiler/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/engine/language/pure/compiler/toPureGraph/PureModel.java
index e7854c77509..f0ede743fc3 100644
--- a/legend-engine-core/legend-engine-core-base/legend-engine-core-language-pure/legend-engine-language-pure-compiler/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/engine/language/pure/compiler/toPureGraph/PureModel.java
+++ b/legend-engine-core/legend-engine-core-base/legend-engine-core-language-pure/legend-engine-language-pure-compiler/src/main/java/org/finos/legend/engine/language/pure/compiler/toPureGraph/PureModel.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import io.opentracing.util.GlobalTracer;
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.lang.management.ThreadInfo;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ public PureModel(PureModelContextData pureModelContextData, CompilerExtensions e
                 MutableList<org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.pure.v1.model.packageableElement.PackageableElement> sectionIndices = classToElements.removeAll(SectionIndex.class);
                 sectionIndices.forEach(sectionIndex -> ((SectionIndex) sectionIndex).sections.forEach(section -> section.elements.forEach(elementPath -> this.sectionsIndex.putIfAbsent(elementPath, section))));
                 this.maybeParallel(Stream.concat(sectionIndices.stream(), classToElements.removeAll(Profile.class).stream()))
-                        .forEach(handleEngineExceptions(this::processElementFirstPass));
+                        .forEach(handleEngineExceptions(this::processFirstPass));
 
                 MutableMap<java.lang.Class<? extends org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.pure.v1.model.packageableElement.PackageableElement>, Collection<java.lang.Class<? extends org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.pure.v1.model.packageableElement.PackageableElement>>> dependencyGraph = Maps.mutable.empty();
                 dependencyGraph.put(Class.class, Lists.fixedSize.with(org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.pure.v1.model.packageableElement.domain.Measure.class));
@@ -297,7 +296,7 @@ public PureModel(PureModelContextData pureModelContextData, CompilerExtensions e
                 MutableSet<MutableSet<java.lang.Class<? extends org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.pure.v1.model.packageableElement.PackageableElement>>> disjointDependencyGraphs = dependencyManagement.getDisjointDependencyGraphs();
                 this.maybeParallel(disjointDependencyGraphs.stream()).forEach(disjointDependencyGraph ->
                 {
-                    processPass("firstPass", classToElements, dependentToDependencies, handleEngineExceptions(this::processElementFirstPass), disjointDependencyGraph);
+                    processPass("firstPass", classToElements, dependentToDependencies, handleEngineExceptions(this::processFirstPass), disjointDependencyGraph);
                     processPass("secondPass", classToElements, dependentToDependencies, handleEngineExceptions(this::processSecondPass), disjointDependencyGraph);
                     processPass("thirdPass", classToElements, dependentToDependencies, handleEngineExceptions(this::processThirdPass), disjointDependencyGraph);
                     processPass("fourthPass", classToElements, dependentToDependencies, handleEngineExceptions(this::processFourthPass), disjointDependencyGraph);
@@ -586,17 +585,6 @@ else if (cause instanceof RuntimeException)
         }
     }
 
-    private void processElementFirstPass(org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.pure.v1.model.packageableElement.PackageableElement element)
-    {
-        org.finos.legend.pure.m3.coreinstance.meta.pure.metamodel.PackageableElement packageableElement = processFirstPass(element);
-        String elementName = element.name;
-        if (element instanceof Function)
-        {
-            elementName = HelperModelBuilder.getSignature((Function) element);
-        }
-        this.packageableElementsIndex.put(buildPackageString(element._package, elementName), packageableElement);
-    }
-
     private org.finos.legend.pure.m3.coreinstance.meta.pure.metamodel.PackageableElement processFirstPass(org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.pure.v1.model.packageableElement.PackageableElement element)
     {
         return visitWithErrorHandling(element, new PackageableElementFirstPassBuilder(getContext(element)));
@@ -1632,6 +1620,7 @@ protected <T extends org.finos.legend.pure.m3.coreinstance.meta.pure.metamodel.P
             pureElement.setSourceInformation(SourceInformationHelper.toM3SourceInformation(sourceInformation));
             pack._childrenAdd(pureElement);
         }
+        this.packageableElementsIndex.put(buildPackageString(packagePath, name), pureElement);
         return pureElement;
     }
 }
diff --git a/legend-engine-xts-relationalStore/legend-engine-xt-relationalStore-generation/legend-engine-xt-relationalStore-grammar/src/test/java/org/finos/legend/engine/language/pure/compiler/test/TestRelationalConnectionCompilationRoundtrip.java b/legend-engine-xts-relationalStore/legend-engine-xt-relationalStore-generation/legend-engine-xt-relationalStore-grammar/src/test/java/org/finos/legend/engine/language/pure/compiler/test/TestRelationalConnectionCompilationRoundtrip.java
index 0924ffcccd4..0e3dea791ba 100644
--- a/legend-engine-xts-relationalStore/legend-engine-xt-relationalStore-generation/legend-engine-xt-relationalStore-grammar/src/test/java/org/finos/legend/engine/language/pure/compiler/test/TestRelationalConnectionCompilationRoundtrip.java
+++ b/legend-engine-xts-relationalStore/legend-engine-xt-relationalStore-generation/legend-engine-xt-relationalStore-grammar/src/test/java/org/finos/legend/engine/language/pure/compiler/test/TestRelationalConnectionCompilationRoundtrip.java
@@ -15,14 +15,20 @@
 package org.finos.legend.engine.language.pure.compiler.test;
 
 import org.eclipse.collections.api.tuple.Pair;
+import org.finos.legend.engine.language.pure.compiler.toPureGraph.HelperRuntimeBuilder;
 import org.finos.legend.engine.language.pure.compiler.toPureGraph.PureModel;
+import org.finos.legend.engine.language.pure.grammar.from.PureGrammarParser;
 import org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.pure.v1.model.SourceInformation;
 import org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.pure.v1.model.context.PureModelContextData;
+import org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.pure.v1.model.packageableElement.connection.PackageableConnection;
+import org.finos.legend.engine.protocol.pure.v1.model.packageableElement.runtime.LegacyRuntime;
 import org.finos.legend.pure.generated.Root_meta_external_store_relational_runtime_RelationalDatabaseConnection;
 import org.finos.legend.pure.generated.Root_meta_pure_alloy_connections_alloy_authentication_UserNamePasswordAuthenticationStrategy_Impl;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 import static org.finos.legend.engine.language.pure.compiler.test.TestCompilationFromGrammar.TestCompilationFromGrammarTestSuite.test;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
@@ -84,6 +90,35 @@ public void testSqlServerConnectionPropertiesPropagatedToCompiledGraph()
                 "}\n");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testConnectionWithNoStore()
+    {
+        Pair<PureModelContextData, PureModel> test = test("");
+        PureModelContextData result = PureGrammarParser.newInstance().parseModel(
+                "###Connection\n" +
+                        "RelationalDatabaseConnection simple::StaticConnection\n" +
+                        "{\n" +
+                        "  store: asasmodel::relational::tests::dbInc;\n" +
+                        "  type: MemSQL;\n" +
+                        "  specification: Static\n" +
+                        "  {\n" +
+                        "    name: 'name';\n" +
+                        "    host: 'host';\n" +
+                        "    port: 1234;\n" +
+                        "  };\n" +
+                        "  auth: UserNamePassword\n" +
+                        "  {\n" +
+                        "    baseVaultReference: 'value';\n" +
+                        "    userNameVaultReference: 'value';\n" +
+                        "    passwordVaultReference: 'value';\n" +
+                        "  };\n" +
+                        "}\n");
+
+        LegacyRuntime runtime = new LegacyRuntime();
+        runtime.connections = result.getElementsOfType(PackageableConnection.class).stream().map(x -> x.connectionValue).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        HelperRuntimeBuilder.buildPureRuntime(runtime, test.getTwo().getContext());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testH2ConnectionPropertiesPropagatedToCompiledGraph()
     {
@@ -109,5 +144,4 @@ public void testH2ConnectionPropertiesPropagatedToCompiledGraph()
 
         Assert.assertTrue(quoteIdentifiers);
     }
-
 }