diff --git a/extensions/typescript/package.json b/extensions/typescript/package.json
index db8f7b633d3..d131f2442dc 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/package.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 	},
 	"activationEvents": [
 		"onLanguage:typescript",
-		"onLanguage:typescriptreact"
+		"onLanguage:typescriptreact",
+		"onCommand:typescript.reloadProjects"
 	],
 	"main": "./out/typescriptMain",
 	"contributes": {
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@
 		"commands": [
 			{
 				"command": "typescript.reloadProjects",
-				"title": "TypeScript: Reload Projects"
+				"title": "Reload Projects",
+				"category": "TypeScript"
 			}
 		],
 		"debuggers": [
diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptMain.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptMain.ts
index 7303930d99c..76fdbbf7de2 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptMain.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/typescriptMain.ts
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ export function activate(context: ExtensionContext): void {
 
 	let clientHost = new TypeScriptServiceClientHost();
 	let client = clientHost.serviceClient;
+
+	context.subscriptions.push(commands.registerCommand('typescript.reloadProjects', () => {
+		clientHost.reloadProjects();
+	}));
 	// Register the supports for both TS and TSX so that we can have separate grammars but share the mode
 	client.onReady().then(() => {
 		registerSupports(MODE_ID_TS, clientHost, client);
 		registerSupports(MODE_ID_TSX, clientHost, client);
-		context.subscriptions.push(commands.registerCommand('typescript.reloadProjects', () => {
-			clientHost.reloadProjects();
-		}));
 	}, () => {
 		// Nothing to do here. The client did show a message;
 	})