diff --git a/src/models/taskDefinition.ts b/src/models/taskDefinition.ts
index e207c3a..2c82cd5 100644
--- a/src/models/taskDefinition.ts
+++ b/src/models/taskDefinition.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { Location, Task } from './models.js';
 import { settings } from '../utils/settings.js';
+import { useDedicatedTerminal, buildTaskCommand } from '../utils/taskPresentation.js';
 
 export class TaskDefinition implements vscode.TaskDefinition {
     private _task: Task;
@@ -37,17 +38,27 @@ export class TaskDefinition implements vscode.TaskDefinition {
         cliArgs = cliArgs?.filter(x => x !== "") || [];
         const uri = vscode.Uri.file(this.workspace);
         const workspaceFolder = vscode.workspace.getWorkspaceFolder(uri) || vscode.TaskScope.Workspace;
+        const taskLabel = cliArgs.length > 0 ? `${this.name} ${cliArgs.join(' ')}` : this.name;
+        const definition: vscode.TaskDefinition = {
+            type: this.type,
+            task: this.task,
+            workspace: this.workspace,
+            file: this.location.taskfile
+        };
+        if (cliArgs.length > 0) {
+            definition.args = cliArgs;
+        }
         const task = new vscode.Task(
-            this,
+            definition,
             workspaceFolder,
-            this.name,
+            taskLabel,
             this.type,
             new vscode.ShellExecution(
-                `${settings.path} ${this.task}${cliArgs && cliArgs.length > 0 ? " -- " + cliArgs.join(' ') : ''}`,
+                buildTaskCommand(settings.path, this.task, cliArgs),
                 {cwd: this.workspace}
             )
         );
         task.detail = this.description;
-        return task;
+        return useDedicatedTerminal(task);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/providers/taskProvider.ts b/src/providers/taskProvider.ts
index ecc3228..194e539 100644
--- a/src/providers/taskProvider.ts
+++ b/src/providers/taskProvider.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { Taskfile } from '../models/taskfile.js';
-import { TaskDefinition } from '../models/taskDefinition.js';
+import { useDedicatedTerminal, buildTaskCommand } from '../utils/taskPresentation.js';
+import { settings } from '../utils/settings.js';
 
 export class TaskProvider implements vscode.TaskProvider<vscode.Task> {
     private _taskfiles: Taskfile[] = [];
@@ -22,16 +23,24 @@ export class TaskProvider implements vscode.TaskProvider<vscode.Task> {
     }
 
 	public resolveTask(_task: vscode.Task): vscode.Task | undefined {
-        const task = _task.definition.task;
-        if (task) {
-            const definition: TaskDefinition = <any>_task.definition;
-            return new vscode.Task(
+        const taskName = _task.definition.task;
+        if (taskName) {
+            const definition = _task.definition;
+            const cliArgs = Array.isArray(definition.args)
+                ? definition.args.filter((arg: unknown): arg is string => typeof arg === 'string' && arg !== "")
+                : [];
+            const workspace = typeof definition.workspace === 'string' ? definition.workspace : undefined;
+            const executionOptions = workspace ? {cwd: workspace} : undefined;
+            return useDedicatedTerminal(new vscode.Task(
                 definition,
                 _task.scope ?? vscode.TaskScope.Workspace,
-                definition.task,
+                taskName,
                 'taskfile',
-                new vscode.ShellExecution(`task ${definition.task}`)
-            );
+                new vscode.ShellExecution(
+                    buildTaskCommand(settings.path, taskName, cliArgs),
+                    executionOptions
+                )
+            ), _task.presentationOptions);
         }
         return undefined;
     }
diff --git a/src/utils/taskPresentation.ts b/src/utils/taskPresentation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbb915d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/taskPresentation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+
+const dedicatedTerminalDefaults: vscode.TaskPresentationOptions = {
+    panel: vscode.TaskPanelKind.Dedicated,
+    reveal: vscode.TaskRevealKind.Always,
+    clear: false,
+    showReuseMessage: false
+};
+
+// Applies our dedicated-terminal presentation defaults, while letting any
+// user-supplied options (e.g. from tasks.json) take precedence.
+export function useDedicatedTerminal(task: vscode.Task, overrides?: vscode.TaskPresentationOptions): vscode.Task {
+    task.presentationOptions = { ...dedicatedTerminalDefaults, ...overrides };
+    return task;
+}
+
+export function buildTaskCommand(taskBin: string, taskName: string, cliArgs: string[]): string {
+    return `${taskBin} ${taskName}${cliArgs.length > 0 ? " -- " + cliArgs.join(' ') : ''}`;
+}