diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/services/query/common/queryRunner.ts b/src/sql/workbench/services/query/common/queryRunner.ts
index 7f464b6cac..7aa10f10de 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/services/query/common/queryRunner.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/services/query/common/queryRunner.ts
@@ -174,8 +174,9 @@ export default class QueryRunner extends Disposable {
 		this._messages = [];
 		if (isRangeOrUndefined(input)) {
 			// Update internal state to show that we're executing the query
-			this._resultLineOffset = input ? input.startLineNumber : 0;
-			this._resultColumnOffset = input ? input.startColumn : 0;
+			// startLineNumber/startColumn is 1 based, need to do a -1 to get the offset.
+			this._resultLineOffset = input ? (input.startLineNumber - 1) : 0;
+			this._resultColumnOffset = input ? (input.startColumn - 1) : 0;
 			this._isExecuting = true;
 			this._totalElapsedMilliseconds = 0;
 			// TODO issue #228 add statusview callbacks here