diff --git a/packages/vscode-pyright/src/extension.ts b/packages/vscode-pyright/src/extension.ts
index ccba98f62..2efc0fa77 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-pyright/src/extension.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode-pyright/src/extension.ts
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<PylanceApi> {
             isEnabled: () => {
                 return pyrightLanguageServerEnabled;
             },
-            start: client.start,
-            stop: client.stop,
+            start: () => client.start(),
+            stop: () => client.stop(),
         },
         notebook: {
             registerJupyterPythonPathFunction: (func) => {