diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 5801050..bb7f6a3 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -1,37 +1,21 @@
-// Available variables which can be used inside of strings.
-// ${workspaceRoot}: the root folder of the team
-// ${file}: the current opened file
-// ${fileBasename}: the current opened file's basename
-// ${fileDirname}: the current opened file's dirname
-// ${fileExtname}: the current opened file's extension
-// ${cwd}: the current working directory of the spawned process
-// A task runner that calls a custom npm script that compiles the extension.
 {
-  "version": "0.1.0",
-  // we want to run npm
-  "command": "npm",
-  // the command is a shell script
-  "isShellCommand": true,
-  // show the output window only if unrecognized errors occur.
-  "showOutput": "silent",
-  // we run the custom script "compile" as defined in package.json
-  "args": [
-    "run",
-    "--loglevel",
-    "silent"
-  ],
+  // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
+  // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
+  "version": "2.0.0",
   "tasks": [
     {
-      "taskName": "compile",
-      "isBuildCommand": true,
-      "problemMatcher": "$tsc"
+      "type": "npm",
+      "script": "build",
+      "problemMatcher": [
+        "$tsc"
+      ]
     },
     {
-      "taskName": "watch",
-      // The tsc compiler is started in watching mode
-      "isWatching": true,
-      // use the standard tsc in watch mode problem matcher to find compile problems in the output.
-      "problemMatcher": "$tsc-watch"
+      "type": "npm",
+      "script": "watch",
+      "problemMatcher": [
+        "$tsc-watch"
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b0ab88b..87c6bc3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   ],
   "main": "./out/extension",
   "scripts": {
-    "compile": "tsc -p .",
+    "build": "tsc -p .",
     "watch": "tsc -w -p .",
     "postinstall": "node ./node_modules/vscode/bin/install",
     "lint": "tslint -c tslint.json \"src/**/*.ts\""