diff --git a/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/azurermwebappdeployment.ts b/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/azurermwebappdeployment.ts
index d1a9cc4442b8..e3ce305b43d3 100644
--- a/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/azurermwebappdeployment.ts
+++ b/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/azurermwebappdeployment.ts
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ function fileExists(path): boolean {
  */
 function getSetParamFilePath(setParametersFile: string) : string {
 
-    if(!tl.filePathSupplied('SetParametersFile')) {
+    if((!tl.filePathSupplied('SetParametersFile')) || setParametersFile == tl.getVariable('System.DefaultWorkingDirectory')) {
         setParametersFile = null;
     }
     else if (!fileExists(setParametersFile)) {
diff --git a/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/task.json b/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/task.json
index d94a24e34cba..c87f4aa76c0f 100644
--- a/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/task.json
+++ b/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/task.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "version": {
         "Major": 2,
         "Minor": 0,
-        "Patch": 1
+        "Patch": 2
     },
     "minimumAgentVersion": "1.102.0",
     "groups": [
diff --git a/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/task.loc.json b/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/task.loc.json
index b53887459ca2..0f5ef91d6e5d 100644
--- a/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/task.loc.json
+++ b/Tasks/AzureRmWebAppDeployment/task.loc.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "version": {
     "Major": 2,
     "Minor": 0,
-    "Patch": 1
+    "Patch": 2
   },
   "minimumAgentVersion": "1.102.0",
   "groups": [