diff --git a/components/ide/jetbrains/backend-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/gitpod/jetbrains/remote/AbstractGitpodTerminalService.kt b/components/ide/jetbrains/backend-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/gitpod/jetbrains/remote/AbstractGitpodTerminalService.kt
index a25e3081b476ff..4232e4c86385ec 100644
--- a/components/ide/jetbrains/backend-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/gitpod/jetbrains/remote/AbstractGitpodTerminalService.kt
+++ b/components/ide/jetbrains/backend-plugin/src/main/kotlin/io/gitpod/jetbrains/remote/AbstractGitpodTerminalService.kt
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ abstract class AbstractGitpodTerminalService(project: Project) : Disposable {
 
     private fun createAttachedSharedTerminal(title: String, supervisorTerminal: TerminalOuterClass.Terminal) {
         val shellTerminalWidget = createSharedTerminal(supervisorTerminal.alias, title)
-        shellTerminalWidget.executeCommand("gp tasks attach ${supervisorTerminal.alias}")
+        shellTerminalWidget.executeCommand("exec gp tasks attach ${supervisorTerminal.alias}")
         closeTerminalWidgetWhenClientGetsClosed(supervisorTerminal, shellTerminalWidget)
         exitTaskWhenTerminalWidgetGetsClosed(supervisorTerminal, shellTerminalWidget)
         listenForTaskTerminationAndTitleChanges(supervisorTerminal, shellTerminalWidget)