diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
index cf7d3df9..a0ec8843 100644
--- a/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
           <entry name="$USER_HOME$/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.google.errorprone/error_prone_annotation/2.3.4/7db2cc604372fa92c10b490f54b7e9e87ac44299/error_prone_annotation-2.3.4.jar" />
           <entry name="$USER_HOME$/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.checkerframework/javacutil/3.0.0/7d9a30c5e9552be08ca575b98cb187d26342e588/javacutil-3.0.0.jar" />
         </processorPath>
-        <module name="spotbugs-gradle-plugin-v2.functionalTest" />
+        <module name="spotbugs-gradle-plugin.functionalTest" />
       </profile>
     </annotationProcessing>
   </component>
diff --git a/src/functionalTest/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/StandardFunctionalTest.groovy b/src/functionalTest/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/StandardFunctionalTest.groovy
index 4ab8d4f6..e91a9f5b 100644
--- a/src/functionalTest/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/StandardFunctionalTest.groovy
+++ b/src/functionalTest/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/StandardFunctionalTest.groovy
@@ -377,4 +377,19 @@ public class Foo {
         result.task(":classes").outcome == TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
         result.task(":spotbugsMain").outcome == TaskOutcome.NO_SOURCE
     }
+
+    def "can run analysis when check task is triggered"() {
+        when:
+        BuildResult result =
+                GradleRunner.create()
+                .withProjectDir(rootDir)
+                .withArguments("clean", "check")
+                .withPluginClasspath()
+                .forwardOutput()
+                .withGradleVersion(version)
+                .build()
+
+        then:
+        result.task(":spotbugsMain").outcome == TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/SpotBugsPlugin.java b/src/main/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/SpotBugsPlugin.java
index 29c282aa..59470b48 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/SpotBugsPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/SpotBugsPlugin.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
 import org.gradle.api.Task;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class SpotBugsPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
   public static final String CONFIG_NAME = "spotbugs";
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ public class SpotBugsPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
   public static final String SLF4J_CONFIG_NAME = "spotbugsSlf4j";
   public static final String EXTENSION_NAME = "spotbugs";
 
+  private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
   @Override
   public void apply(Project project) {
     project.getPluginManager().apply(SpotBugsBasePlugin.class);
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
 
   private void createTasks(Project project, SpotBugsExtension extension) {
     @Nullable Task check = project.getTasks().findByName("check");
+    log.debug("check task {}", check == null ? "not found" : "found");
     new SpotBugsTaskFactory()
         .generate(
             project,
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/internal/SpotBugsTaskFactory.java b/src/main/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/internal/SpotBugsTaskFactory.java
index c64b9184..f3c138ed 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/internal/SpotBugsTaskFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/spotbugs/snom/internal/SpotBugsTaskFactory.java
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ private void generateForJava(Project project, Action<? super SpotBugsTask> confi
                   .all(
                       sourceSet -> {
                         String name = sourceSet.getTaskName("spotbugs", null);
-                        log.debug("Creating SpotBugsTaskForJava for {}", sourceSet);
+                        log.debug("Creating SpotBugsTask for {}", sourceSet);
                         project
                             .getTasks()
-                            .register(
+                            .create(
                                 name,
                                 SpotBugsTask.class,
                                 task -> {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ private void generateForAndroid(
                   .all(
                       task -> {
                         String name = GUtil.toLowerCamelCase("spotbugs " + task.getVariantName());
-                        log.debug("Creating SpotBugsTaskForAndroid for {}", task);
+                        log.debug("Creating SpotBugsTask for {}", task);
                         project
                             .getTasks()
                             .register(