diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/electron-browser/mainThreadTask.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/electron-browser/mainThreadTask.ts
index 8f2c62e98ee5074751c28c7fbf77afcc7eb3b87f..d25c79c05ef9c609170b538a357cd208465cbd33 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/electron-browser/mainThreadTask.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/electron-browser/mainThreadTask.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace TaskPresentationOptionsDTO {
 	}
 	export function to(value: TaskPresentationOptionsDTO): PresentationOptions {
 		if (value === void 0 || value === null) {
-			return undefined;
+			return { reveal: RevealKind.Always, echo: true, focus: false, panel: PanelKind.Shared, showReuseMessage: true };
 		}
 		return Objects.assign(Object.create(null), value);
 	}