diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js
index 2703aa7019..1a94c96d23 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/TelemetryTableConfiguration.js
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ export default class TelemetryTableConfiguration extends EventEmitter {
     this.defaultOptions = options;
     this.columns = {};
 
-    // Initialize objectStyles if it doesn't exist, for items with configuration
-    if (this.domainObject.configuration && !this.domainObject.configuration.objectStyles) {
-      this.domainObject.configuration.objectStyles = {};
-    }
-
     this.removeColumnsForObject = this.removeColumnsForObject.bind(this);
     this.objectMutated = this.objectMutated.bind(this);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/plugin.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/plugin.js
index ba12c20fd3..d5506bb6a4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/plugin.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import { MODE } from './constants.js';
 import TableConfigurationViewProvider from './TableConfigurationViewProvider.js';
+import telemetryTableStylesInterceptor from './telemetryTableStylesInterceptor.js';
 import getTelemetryTableType from './TelemetryTableType.js';
 import TelemetryTableViewProvider from './TelemetryTableViewProvider.js';
 import TelemetryTableViewActions from './ViewActions.js';
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export default function plugin(
     openmct.objectViews.addProvider(new TelemetryTableViewProvider(openmct, options));
     openmct.inspectorViews.addProvider(new TableConfigurationViewProvider(openmct, options));
     openmct.types.addType('table', getTelemetryTableType(options));
+    openmct.objects.addGetInterceptor(telemetryTableStylesInterceptor(openmct));
     openmct.composition.addPolicy((parent, child) => {
       if (parent.type === 'table') {
         return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(child, 'telemetry');
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetryTable/telemetryTableStylesInterceptor.js b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/telemetryTableStylesInterceptor.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0524c061b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetryTable/telemetryTableStylesInterceptor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2024, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * Open MCT includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+export default function telemetryTableStylesInterceptor(openmct) {
+  return {
+    appliesTo: (identifier, domainObject) => {
+      return (
+        domainObject.type === 'table' &&
+        domainObject.configuration && // only applies to tables with existing configuration
+        !domainObject.configuration.objectStyles
+      );
+    },
+    invoke: (identifier, domainObject) => {
+      domainObject.configuration.objectStyles = {};
+
+      openmct.objects.save(domainObject);
+
+      return domainObject;
+    }
+  };
+}