diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b763f01e..5f65ffe3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ Potato aims to improve the replicability of data annotation and reduce the cost
 
 ![plot](./images/gif_reply.gif)
 
+### Empathy as Appraisal (paired texts + likert)
+[yaml config](https://github.com/davidjurgens/potato/tree/master/example-projects/empathy) | [Paper](https://aclanthology.org/2020.emnlp-main.45.pdf)
+
+    [launch] python3 potato/flask_server.py example-projects/empathy/configs/empathy.yaml -p 8000
+    [Annotate] http://localhost:8000/
+![plot](./images/empathy.png)
+
+
 ## Design Team and Support
 
 Potato is run by a small and engergetic team of academics doing the best they can. For support, please leave a issue on this git repo. Feature requests and issues are both welcomed!
diff --git a/example-projects/empathy/configs/empathy.yaml b/example-projects/empathy/configs/empathy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5ddc8d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example-projects/empathy/configs/empathy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{
+    "annotation_task_name": "Empathy Annotation",
+
+    # Potato will write the annotation file for all annotations to this
+    # directory, as well as per-annotator output files and state information
+    # necessary to restart annotation.
+    "output_annotation_dir": "annotation_output/empathy/",
+
+    # The output format for the all-annotator data. Allowed formats are:
+    # * jsonl
+    # * json (same output as jsonl)
+    # * csv
+    # * tsv
+    #
+    "output_annotation_format": "csv", 
+
+    # If annotators are using a codebook, this will be linked at the top to the
+    # instance for easy access
+    "annotation_codebook_url": "",
+
+    "data_files": [
+        "example-projects/empathy/data_files/empathy.json"
+    ],
+
+    # Both the target and observer comments are elements in a list referenced by the "text" key.
+    # See `example-projects/empathy/data_files/empathy.json` for details
+    "item_properties": {
+        "id_key": "id",
+        "text_key": "text",
+    },
+
+    # To convert the list into a string, we use `list_as_text` as shown below.
+    "list_as_text": {
+      "text_list_prefix_type": 'none',
+    },
+
+
+    "user_config": {
+      "allow_all_users": True,     
+      "users": [  ],
+    },
+
+
+    "annotation_schemes": [
+        {
+            "annotation_type": "likert",
+            "name": "rating",
+            "description": "To what extent does the observer's appraisal of the situation match that of the target speaker?",
+            "min_label": "Not at all",
+            "max_label": "Completely",
+            "size": 5,
+            "sequential_key_binding": True,
+        }
+    ], 
+
+    # The html that changes the visualiztation for your task. Change this file
+    # to influence the layout and description of your task. This is not a full
+    # HTML page, just the piece that does lays out your task's pieces
+    "html_layout": "templates/examples/plain_layout.html",
+ 
+    # The core UI files for Potato. You should not need to change these normally.
+    #
+    # Exceptions to this might include:
+    # 1) You want to add custom CSS/fonts to style your task
+    # 2) Your layout requires additional JS/assets to render
+    # 3) You want to support additional keybinding magic
+    #
+    "base_html_template": "templates/base_template.html",
+    "header_file": "templates/header.html",
+
+
+    # How many seconds do you want the annotators spend on each instance, after
+    # that, an alert will be sent per alert_time_each_instance seconds.
+    "alert_time_each_instance": 10000000,
+
+    
+    # This is where the actual HTML files will be generated
+    "site_dir": "potato/templates/",
+
+}
diff --git a/example-projects/empathy/data_files/empathy.json b/example-projects/empathy/data_files/empathy.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7280b299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example-projects/empathy/data_files/empathy.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{ "id": "0", "text": [ "<strong>Target: </strong>My cat died, and I feel very sad about it.",  "<strong>Observer: </strong>Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that. When my cat died it really affected me, too."] }
+{ "id": "1", "text": [ "<strong>Target: </strong>I just can't beat the third level of Super Mario Brothers and it's totally ruining my day.", "<strong>Observer: </strong>Ugh yeah, that's so frustrating."] }
diff --git a/images/empathy.png b/images/empathy.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af0bfca6
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/empathy.png differ