diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 045cee3266a..063cbd17471 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
       "problemMatcher": {
         "owner": "typescript",
         "pattern": "$tsc",
-        "fileLocation": ["relative", "${workspaceRoot}/editors/code"]
+        "fileLocation": [
+          "relative",
+          "${workspaceRoot}/editors/code"
+        ]
       },
       "path": "editors/code/"
     },
@@ -18,30 +21,40 @@
       "label": "Build Lsp",
       "type": "shell",
       "command": "cargo build",
-      "problemMatcher": {
-        "owner": "rust",
-        "fileLocation": ["relative", "${workspaceRoot}"],
-        "pattern": [
-          {
-            "regexp": "^(warning|warn|error)(?:\\[(.*?)\\])?: (.*)$",
-            "severity": 1,
-            "code": 2,
-            "message": 3
-          },
-          {
-            "regexp": "^[\\s->=]*(.*?):(\\d*):(\\d*)\\s*$",
-            "file": 1,
-            "line": 2,
-            "column": 3
-          }
-        ]
-      }
+      "problemMatcher": "$rustc"
     },
     {
       "label": "Build All",
       "group": "build",
-      "dependsOn": ["Build Extension", "Build Lsp"],
+      "dependsOn": [
+        "Build Extension",
+        "Build Lsp"
+      ],
       "problemMatcher": []
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "cargo watch",
+      "group": "build",
+      "isBackground": true,
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "cargo",
+      "args": [
+        "watch"
+      ],
+      "problemMatcher": "$rustc-watch"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "cargo watch tests",
+      "group": "build",
+      "isBackground": true,
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "cargo",
+      "args": [
+        "watch",
+        "-x",
+        "check --tests"
+      ],
+      "problemMatcher": "$rustc-watch"
     }
   ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/editors/code/package.json b/editors/code/package.json
index 47eaac878a6..0a1e84b4ab3 100644
--- a/editors/code/package.json
+++ b/editors/code/package.json
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@
                     "${workspaceRoot}"
                 ],
                 "background": {
-                    "beginsPattern": "^\\[Running ",
-                    "endsPattern": "^(\\[Finished running\\]|To learn more, run the command again with --verbose\\.)$"
+                    "beginsPattern": "^\\[Running\\b",
+                    "endsPattern": "^\\[Finished running\\b"
                 },
                 "pattern": "$rustc"
             }