diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts
index 4a4296ce404..4f64dff5c41 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/features/taskProvider.ts
@@ -83,10 +83,9 @@ class TscTaskProvider implements vscode.TaskProvider {
 		if (editor) {
 			if (path.basename(editor.document.fileName).match(/^tsconfig\.(.\.)?json$/)) {
 				const path = editor.document.uri;
-				const folder = vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(path);
 				return [{
 					path: path.fsPath,
-					workspaceFolder: folder
+					workspaceFolder: vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(path)
 				}];
 			}
 		}
@@ -96,23 +95,28 @@ class TscTaskProvider implements vscode.TaskProvider {
 			return [];
 		}
 
-		const res: Proto.ProjectInfoResponse = await this.lazyClient().execute(
-			'projectInfo',
-			{ file, needFileNameList: false } as protocol.ProjectInfoRequestArgs,
-			token);
+		try {
+			const res: Proto.ProjectInfoResponse = await this.lazyClient().execute(
+				'projectInfo',
+				{ file, needFileNameList: false } as protocol.ProjectInfoRequestArgs,
+				token);
 
-		if (!res || !res.body) {
-			return [];
+			if (!res || !res.body) {
+				return [];
+			}
+
+			const { configFileName } = res.body;
+			if (configFileName && !isImplicitProjectConfigFile(configFileName)) {
+				const path = vscode.Uri.file(configFileName);
+				const folder = vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(path);
+				return [{
+					path: configFileName,
+					workspaceFolder: folder
+				}];
+			}
 		}
-
-		const { configFileName } = res.body;
-		if (configFileName && !isImplicitProjectConfigFile(configFileName)) {
-			const path = vscode.Uri.file(configFileName);
-			const folder = vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(path);
-			return [{
-				path: configFileName,
-				workspaceFolder: folder
-			}];
+		catch (e) {
+			// noop
 		}
 		return [];
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/utils/tsconfigProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/utils/tsconfigProvider.ts
index 49be708aa61..e04db3ae83f 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/utils/tsconfigProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/utils/tsconfigProvider.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ export interface TSConfig {
 	workspaceFolder?: vscode.WorkspaceFolder;
 }
 
+const tsconfigGlob = '**/tsconfig*.json';
+
 export default class TsConfigProvider extends vscode.Disposable {
 	private readonly tsconfigs = new Map<string, TSConfig>();
 
@@ -37,9 +39,9 @@ export default class TsConfigProvider extends vscode.Disposable {
 		}
 		this.activated = true;
 
-		this.reloadWorkspaceConfigs();
+		await this.reloadWorkspaceConfigs();
 
-		const configFileWatcher = vscode.workspace.createFileSystemWatcher('**/tsconfig*.json');
+		const configFileWatcher = vscode.workspace.createFileSystemWatcher(tsconfigGlob);
 		this.disposables.push(configFileWatcher);
 		configFileWatcher.onDidCreate(this.handleProjectCreate, this, this.disposables);
 		configFileWatcher.onDidDelete(this.handleProjectDelete, this, this.disposables);
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ export default class TsConfigProvider extends vscode.Disposable {
 
 	private async reloadWorkspaceConfigs(): Promise<this> {
 		this.tsconfigs.clear();
-		for (const config of await vscode.workspace.findFiles('**/tsconfig*.json', '**/node_modules/**')) {
+		for (const config of await vscode.workspace.findFiles(tsconfigGlob, '**/node_modules/**')) {
 			this.handleProjectCreate(config);
 		}
 		return this;