diff --git a/library/store_eligibility/eligibility_api.nim b/library/store_eligibility/eligibility_api.nim
index dae14ce87..accdb584c 100644
--- a/library/store_eligibility/eligibility_api.nim
+++ b/library/store_eligibility/eligibility_api.nim
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ proc logosdelivery_store_query(
   let peer = peers.parsePeerInfo(($providerAddr).split(",")).valueOr:
     return err("StoreRequest failed to parse peer addr: " & $error)
 
-  if not providerCb.isNil:
+  if storeQueryRequest.eligibilityProof.isNone and not providerCb.isNil:
     let canonicalHex = storeEligibilityCanonicalHex(storeQueryRequest)
     var outProof = newString(EligibilityOutProofHexMinLen)
     outProof.setLen(EligibilityOutProofHexMinLen)
diff --git a/library/store_eligibility/store_query_json.nim b/library/store_eligibility/store_query_json.nim
index d8281f9c7..7f1df01ae 100644
--- a/library/store_eligibility/store_query_json.nim
+++ b/library/store_eligibility/store_query_json.nim
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ func storeQueryRequestFromJson*(
     else:
       none(uint64)
 
+  var eligibilityProof = none(seq[byte])
+  if jsonContent.contains("eligibilityProofHex"):
+    let proofHex = jsonContent["eligibilityProofHex"].getStr()
+    eligibilityProof = try:
+      some(proofHex.hexToSeqByte())
+    except ValueError:
+      return err("Failed converting eligibilityProofHex to bytes")
+
   let startTime = ?jsonContent.getProtoInt64("timeStart")
   let endTime = ?jsonContent.getProtoInt64("timeEnd")
 
@@ -61,5 +69,6 @@ func storeQueryRequestFromJson*(
       paginationCursor: paginationCursor,
       paginationForward: paginationForward,
       paginationLimit: paginationLimit,
+      eligibilityProof: eligibilityProof,
     )
   )