diff --git a/src/funcCoreTools/funcHostTask.ts b/src/funcCoreTools/funcHostTask.ts
index 8ccdf5d00..20d6aa8db 100644
--- a/src/funcCoreTools/funcHostTask.ts
+++ b/src/funcCoreTools/funcHostTask.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const defaultFuncPort: string = '7071';
 
 export function isFuncHostTask(task: vscode.Task): boolean {
     const commandLine: string | undefined = task.execution && (<vscode.ShellExecution>task.execution).commandLine;
-    return /func (host )?start/i.test(commandLine || '');
+    return /(?:^|[\\/])(func(?:\.exe)?)\s+host\s+start$/i.test(commandLine || '');
 }
 
 export function registerFuncHostTaskEvents(): void {