diff --git a/extension/src/tasks/taskUtil.ts b/extension/src/tasks/taskUtil.ts
index c57647729..aa37248e3 100644
--- a/extension/src/tasks/taskUtil.ts
+++ b/extension/src/tasks/taskUtil.ts
@@ -246,13 +246,13 @@ function getVSCodeTasksFromGradleProject(
   gradleProject: GradleProject,
   client: GradleClient
 ): vscode.Task[] {
-  const projects: Array<GradleProject> = [gradleProject];
-  const vsCodeTasks: vscode.Task[] = [];
+  let projects: Array<GradleProject> = [gradleProject];
+  let vsCodeTasks: vscode.Task[] = [];
   while (projects.length) {
     const project = projects.pop();
     const gradleTasks: GradleTask[] | void = project!.getTasksList();
     for (const gradleTask of gradleTasks) {
-      vsCodeTasks.push(
+      vsCodeTasks = vsCodeTasks.concat(
         createVSCodeTaskFromGradleTask(
           taskTerminalsStore,
           gradleTask,
@@ -261,9 +261,7 @@ function getVSCodeTasksFromGradleProject(
         )
       );
     }
-    for (const childProject of project!.getProjectsList()) {
-      projects.push(childProject);
-    }
+    projects = projects.concat(project!.getProjectsList());
   }
 
   return vsCodeTasks;
@@ -287,14 +285,13 @@ export async function loadTasksForProjectRoots(
       const gradleBuild = await getGradleBuild(client, rootProject);
       const gradleProject = gradleBuild && gradleBuild.getProject();
       if (gradleProject) {
-        allTasks = allTasks.concat(
-          getVSCodeTasksFromGradleProject(
-            taskTerminalsStore,
-            rootProject,
-            gradleProject,
-            client
-          )
+        const vsCodeTasks = getVSCodeTasksFromGradleProject(
+          taskTerminalsStore,
+          rootProject,
+          gradleProject,
+          client
         );
+        allTasks = allTasks.concat(vsCodeTasks);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/extension/src/terminal/GradleRunnerTerminal.ts b/extension/src/terminal/GradleRunnerTerminal.ts
index c1b9fc353..c2a5eaff9 100644
--- a/extension/src/terminal/GradleRunnerTerminal.ts
+++ b/extension/src/terminal/GradleRunnerTerminal.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const nlRegExp = new RegExp(`${NL}([^${CR}]|$)`, 'g');
 
 export class GradleRunnerTerminal {
   private readonly writeEmitter = new vscode.EventEmitter<string>();
-  private stdOutLoggerStream: LoggerStream;
+  private stdOutLoggerStream: LoggerStream | undefined;
   private readonly closeEmitter = new vscode.EventEmitter<void>();
   private task?: vscode.Task;
   public readonly onDidWrite: vscode.Event<string> = this.writeEmitter.event;
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ export class GradleRunnerTerminal {
     private readonly cancellationKey: string,
     private readonly client: GradleClient
   ) {
-    // TODO: this is only needed for the tests. Find a better way to test task output in the tests.
-    this.stdOutLoggerStream = new LoggerStream(logger, LogVerbosity.INFO);
+    if (isTest()) {
+      // TODO: this is only needed for the tests. Find a better way to test task output in the tests.
+      this.stdOutLoggerStream = new LoggerStream(logger, LogVerbosity.INFO);
+    }
   }
 
   public async open(): Promise<void> {
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ export class GradleRunnerTerminal {
   private handleOutput = (output: Output): void => {
     const messageBytes = output.getOutputBytes_asU8();
     if (messageBytes.length) {
-      if (isTest()) {
+      if (isTest() && this.stdOutLoggerStream) {
         this.stdOutLoggerStream.write(messageBytes);
       }
       this.write(new util.TextDecoder('utf-8').decode(messageBytes));
diff --git a/extension/src/test/unit/taskUtil.test.ts b/extension/src/test/unit/taskUtil.test.ts
index cde4538f6..3b7cd034a 100644
--- a/extension/src/test/unit/taskUtil.test.ts
+++ b/extension/src/test/unit/taskUtil.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,23 @@ import { TaskTerminalsStore } from '../../stores';
 import { loadTasksForProjectRoots } from '../../tasks/taskUtil';
 import { buildMockClient, getSuiteName } from '../testUtil';
 
+const mockWorkspaceFolder: vscode.WorkspaceFolder = {
+  index: 0,
+  uri: vscode.Uri.file('folder1'),
+  name: 'folder1',
+};
+
+const mockRootProject = new RootProject(
+  mockWorkspaceFolder,
+  vscode.Uri.file('folder1'),
+  {
+    tasks: [],
+    clean: false,
+  }
+);
+const mockClient = buildMockClient();
+const mockTaskTerminalsStore = new TaskTerminalsStore();
+
 function buildProject(
   project: string,
   rootProject: string,
@@ -61,23 +78,6 @@ function getDeeplyNestedProjectTree(
   return projects;
 }
 
-const workspaceFolder: vscode.WorkspaceFolder = {
-  index: 0,
-  uri: vscode.Uri.file('folder1'),
-  name: 'folder1',
-};
-
-const rootProject = new RootProject(
-  workspaceFolder,
-  vscode.Uri.file('folder1'),
-  {
-    tasks: [],
-    clean: false,
-  }
-);
-const client = buildMockClient();
-const taskTerminalsStore = new TaskTerminalsStore();
-
 describe(getSuiteName('taskUtil'), () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     sinon.restore();
@@ -99,11 +99,13 @@ describe(getSuiteName('taskUtil'), () => {
     );
     rootGradleProject.setProjectsList([childGradleProject]);
     gradleBuild.setProject(rootGradleProject);
-    client.getBuild.resolves(Promise.resolve(gradleBuild));
+    mockClient.getBuild.resolves(Promise.resolve(gradleBuild));
 
-    const tasks = await loadTasksForProjectRoots(taskTerminalsStore, client, [
-      rootProject,
-    ]);
+    const tasks = await loadTasksForProjectRoots(
+      mockTaskTerminalsStore,
+      mockClient,
+      [mockRootProject]
+    );
     assert.strictEqual(tasks.length, 2);
   });
 
@@ -128,11 +130,13 @@ describe(getSuiteName('taskUtil'), () => {
 
     rootGradleProject.setProjectsList(projectsList);
     gradleBuild.setProject(rootGradleProject);
-    client.getBuild.resolves(Promise.resolve(gradleBuild));
+    mockClient.getBuild.resolves(Promise.resolve(gradleBuild));
 
-    const tasks = await loadTasksForProjectRoots(taskTerminalsStore, client, [
-      rootProject,
-    ]);
+    const tasks = await loadTasksForProjectRoots(
+      mockTaskTerminalsStore,
+      mockClient,
+      [mockRootProject]
+    );
     assert.strictEqual(tasks.length, 382651);
   });
 });