diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java
index 44bb09db429a..2757284b2670 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/TaskManagerImpl.java
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ public class TaskManagerImpl extends TaskManager implements ProjectComponent, Pe
           }
           TaskRepository repository = repositoryType.createRepository();
           repository.setUrl(server.url);
+          repository.setShared(true);
           myRepositories.add(repository);
         }
       }
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/TaskManagerTest.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/TaskManagerTest.java
index 1e79fdf0ef4b..416ad5f20f94 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/TaskManagerTest.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/TaskManagerTest.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public class TaskManagerTest extends TaskManagerTestCase {
 
     TaskRepository[] repositories = myTaskManager.getAllRepositories();
     assertEquals(1, repositories.length);
+    assertTrue(repositories[0].isShared());
   }
 
   public void testIssuesCacheSurvival() throws Exception {