diff --git a/extension/src/Extension.ts b/extension/src/Extension.ts
index 1a90b71e5..6144f6002 100644
--- a/extension/src/Extension.ts
+++ b/extension/src/Extension.ts
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ import { instrumentOperation, sendInfo } from "vscode-extension-telemetry-wrappe
 import { GradleBuildContentProvider } from "./client/GradleBuildContentProvider";
 import { BuildServerController } from "./bs/BuildServerController";
 import { GradleTestRunner } from "./bs/GradleTestRunner";
-import { BspProxy } from "./bs/BspProxy";
 
 export class Extension {
-    private readonly bspProxy: BspProxy;
     private readonly taskServerClient: TaskServerClient;
     private readonly server: GradleServer;
     private readonly pinnedTasksStore: PinnedTasksStore;
@@ -81,16 +79,12 @@ export class Extension {
         const serverLogger = new Logger("gradle-server");
         serverLogger.setLoggingChannel(loggingChannel);
 
-        const bspLogger = new Logger("bspProxy");
-        bspLogger.setLoggingChannel(loggingChannel);
-
         if (getConfigIsDebugEnabled()) {
             Logger.setLogVerbosity(LogVerbosity.DEBUG);
         }
 
         const statusBarItem = vscode.window.createStatusBarItem();
-        this.bspProxy = new BspProxy(this.context, bspLogger);
-        this.server = new GradleServer({ host: "localhost" }, context, serverLogger, this.bspProxy);
+        this.server = new GradleServer({ host: "localhost" }, context, serverLogger);
         this.taskServerClient = new TaskServerClient(this.server, statusBarItem, clientLogger);
         this.pinnedTasksStore = new PinnedTasksStore(context);
         this.recentTasksStore = new RecentTasksStore();
@@ -265,7 +259,6 @@ export class Extension {
         }
         await vscode.commands.executeCommand("setContext", "gradle:activated", activated);
         await vscode.commands.executeCommand("setContext", "gradle:defaultView", true);
-        await this.bspProxy.start();
     }
 
     private registerCommands(): void {
diff --git a/extension/src/server/GradleServer.ts b/extension/src/server/GradleServer.ts
index 432969815..4dfe9dd1a 100644
--- a/extension/src/server/GradleServer.ts
+++ b/extension/src/server/GradleServer.ts
@@ -28,14 +28,15 @@ export class GradleServer {
     public readonly onDidStop: vscode.Event<null> = this._onDidStop.event;
     private process?: cp.ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams;
     private languageServerPipePath: string;
+    private bspProxy: BspProxy;
 
     constructor(
         private readonly opts: ServerOptions,
         private readonly context: vscode.ExtensionContext,
-        private readonly logger: Logger,
-        private bspProxy: BspProxy
+        private readonly logger: Logger
     ) {
         this.setLanguageServerPipePath();
+        this.bspProxy = new BspProxy(this.context, logger);
     }
 
     private setLanguageServerPipePath(): void {
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ export class GradleServer {
             }
         }
         this.bspProxy.setBuildServerStarted(startBuildServer);
-
+        this.bspProxy.start();
         this.taskServerPort = await getPort();
         const cwd = this.context.asAbsolutePath("lib");
         const cmd = path.join(cwd, getGradleServerCommand());