diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 047b836..586158a 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ class GdbConfigurationProvider implements vscode.DebugConfigurationProvider {
         if (config.request === undefined) {
             config.request = "launch";
         }
+	if (config.preLaunchTask === undefined) {
+	    config.preLaunchTask = "SuperBOL: build (debug)";
+	}
         if (config.target === undefined) {
             config.target = "${file}";
         }