diff --git a/api/controllers/datalad.js b/api/controllers/datalad.js
index 03e43e2f..106cde28 100644
--- a/api/controllers/datalad.js
+++ b/api/controllers/datalad.js
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ router.post('/import/:dataset_id', common.jwt(), (req, res, next)=>{
             if(project.members.includes(req.user.sub)) canedit = true;
             if(!canedit) return next("you can't import to this project"); 
 
+            if(dataset.phenotypes) {
+                console.log("importing phenotype_files-----------------------------------------------------");
+                project.phenotypes = dataset.phenotypes;
+            }
+
             //update participants info
             let participants = new db.Participants({
                 project,
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ router.post('/import/:dataset_id', common.jwt(), (req, res, next)=>{
                 subjects: dataset.participants,
                 columns: dataset.participants_info, //might be missing
             });
-            common.publish("participant.create."+req.user.sub+"."+project._id, participants); //too much data?
+            // common.publish("participant.create."+req.user.sub+"."+project._id, participants); //too much data?
             participants.save();
 
             db.DLDatasets.updateOne({_id: dataset._id}, {$inc: {import_count: 1} }).then(err=>{
diff --git a/api/models.js b/api/models.js
index 72afa308..3e9599c5 100644
--- a/api/models.js
+++ b/api/models.js
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ var projectSchema = mongoose.Schema({
 
     avatar: String, //url for avatar
 
+    phenotypes: [{
+        type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
+        ref: 'Phenotype'
+    }],
+
     //access control 
     //* private - only the project member can access
     //* public - accessible by anyone
@@ -805,6 +810,20 @@ ruleSchema.pre('save', function(next) {
 });
 exports.Rules = mongoose.model('Rules', ruleSchema);
 
+const phenotypeSchema = mongoose.Schema({
+    name: String,
+    file: String,
+    sidecar: String,
+    columns: Object,
+    data: Array,
+    dldataset: {
+        type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
+        ref: 'DLDataset'
+    }
+});
+
+exports.Phenotype = mongoose.model('Phenotype', phenotypeSchema);
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // datalad collections
@@ -840,6 +859,11 @@ var dlDatasetSchema = mongoose.Schema({
     ],
     participants_info: mongoose.Schema.Types.Mixed, //metadata for participants info
 
+    phenotypes: [{
+        type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
+        ref: 'Phenotype'
+    }],
+
     stats: {
         subjects: Number,
         sessions: Number,
@@ -881,4 +905,3 @@ var commentSchema = mongoose.Schema({
 });
 
 exports.Comments = mongoose.model('Comments', commentSchema);
-
diff --git a/bin/importdatalad.js b/bin/importdatalad.js
index 16e0456d..58fb8171 100755
--- a/bin/importdatalad.js
+++ b/bin/importdatalad.js
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ const child_process = require('child_process');
 const cli = require('brainlife');
 const axios = require('axios');
 
-process.chdir('/mnt/datalad');
-
+if(config.dataladDirectory) process.chdir(config.dataladDirectory);
+else {
+    console.error("config.dataladDirectory is not set");
+    process.exit(1);
+}
 console.log("connecting");
+
 db.init(async err=>{
     if(err) throw err;
     await load_datatypes();
@@ -28,8 +32,8 @@ db.init(async err=>{
     */
 
     console.log("loading dataset_description.json");
-    //let datasets = child_process.execSync("find ./ -name dataset_description.json", {encoding: "utf8"}).split("\n").filter(dataset=>{
-    const datasets = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], "utf8").split("\n").filter(dataset=>{
+    let datasets = child_process.execSync("find ./ -name dataset_description.json", {encoding: "utf8"}).split("\n").filter(dataset=>{
+    // const datasets = fs.readFileSync(process.argv[2], "utf8").split("\n").filter(dataset=>{
         //ignore some datasets
         if(dataset.startsWith("datasets.datalad.org/openneuro")) return false;
         if(dataset.startsWith("datasets.datalad.org/openfmri")) return false;
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ async function load_datatypes() {
 function handle_bids(key, bids, cb) {
 
     //upsert dl-dataset record
-    db.DLDatasets.findOne(key, (err, dldataset)=>{
+    db.DLDatasets.findOne(key, async (err, dldataset)=>{
         if(err) return cb(err);
         if(!bids.dataset_description) return cb();
 
@@ -123,7 +127,31 @@ function handle_bids(key, bids, cb) {
         if(bids.dataset_description) dldataset.dataset_description = bids.dataset_description;
         if(bids.participants) dldataset.participants = bids.participants;
         if(bids.participants_json) dldataset.participants_info = bids.participants_json;
+        if(bids.phenotypes) {
+            let phenotypeIds = [];  
+            for (let phenotypeData of bids.phenotypes) {
+                // create a new Phenotype object with the current phenotype data
+                const phenotype = new db.Phenotype({
+                    name: phenotypeData.name,
+                    file: phenotypeData.file,
+                    sidecar: phenotypeData.sidecar,
+                    columns: phenotypeData.columns,
+                    data: phenotypeData.data,
+                    dldataset: dldataset._id
+                });
+
+                // console.log(phenotype.data);
+                // process.exit(1);
 
+                // save the Phenotype object
+                const savedPhenotype = await phenotype.save();
+                phenotypeIds.push(savedPhenotype._id);
+                
+            }
+            dldataset.phenotypes = phenotypeIds;
+        }
+
+        console.log("phenotypes added");
         //count
         let unique_subjects = [];
         let unique_sessions = [];
@@ -154,7 +182,6 @@ function handle_bids(key, bids, cb) {
 
         dldataset.save(err=>{
             if(err) throw err;
-
             //handle each items
             async.eachSeries(bids.datasets, (item, next_dataset)=>{
                 item.dataset.datatype = datatype_ids[item.dataset.datatype];
diff --git a/ui/src/project.vue b/ui/src/project.vue
index 52eca641..3a9ed719 100644
--- a/ui/src/project.vue
+++ b/ui/src/project.vue
@@ -255,6 +255,15 @@
                                 </template>
                             </b-tab>
 
+                            <b-tab>
+                                <template v-slot:title>
+                                    <b-badge v-if="!project.publishParticipantsInfo"
+                                            variant="secondary" title="May contains sensitive information. Please do not share!"><icon name="lock" scale="0.8"/></b-badge>
+                                    Phenotypes
+                                    <small v-if="project.phenotypes">{{ project.phenotypes.length }}</small>
+                                </template>
+                            </b-tab>
+
                             <b-tab>
                                 <template v-slot:title>
                                     App/Resource Usage
@@ -274,6 +283,7 @@
                                     <small v-if="project.stats.comments">{{project.stats.comments}}</small>
                                 </template>
                             </b-tab>
+
                         </b-tabs>
 
                         <!--readme-->
@@ -295,9 +305,19 @@
                                 style="overflow: auto; max-height: 500px;"/>
 
                         </div>
+                        <!--phenotypes-->
+                        <div v-if="detailTab == 2">
+                            <b-list-group v-for="file in filteredPhenotypes">
+
+                                <b-list-group-item class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center" href="#" >{{ file.tsv }} </b-list-group-item>
+                                <b-list-group-item class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center" variant="info" href="#" >{{ file.json }} 
+                                    <b-button size="sm" variant="outline-primary" @click="showJson(file.jsonContent)"><icon name="eye" scale="1.25"/></b-button>
+                                </b-list-group-item>
+                            </b-list-group>
+                        </div>
 
                         <!--app info-->
-                        <div v-if="detailTab == 2">
+                        <div v-if="detailTab == 3">
 
                             <div v-if="project.stats.apps && project.stats.apps.length > 0">
                                 <span class="form-header">App Usage</span>
@@ -348,7 +368,7 @@
                         </div>
 
                         <!--related papers-->
-                        <div v-if="detailTab == 3">
+                        <div v-if="detailTab == 4">
                             <div v-if="project.relatedPapers && project.relatedPapers.length > 0">
                                 <p>
                                     <small>We found the following journals/articles related to this project based on name/description</small>
@@ -357,7 +377,7 @@
                             </div>
                         </div>
 
-                        <div v-if="detailTab == 4">
+                        <div v-if="detailTab == 5">
                             <b-alert show variant="secondary" v-if="!config.user"> Please login to Comments.</b-alert>
                             <div v-else-if="comments && comments.length">
                                 <div v-for="comment in comments" :key="comment._id" class="commentbox">
@@ -389,6 +409,7 @@
                             </div>
                             <br>
                         </div>
+
                     </div><!-- main content-->
                 </div><!--project header-->
                 <div v-if="config.debug">
@@ -437,6 +458,11 @@
 
         <newtask-modal/>
         <datatypeselecter-modal/>
+
+        <b-modal id="jsonData">
+            <editor v-model="json" @init="editorInit" lang="json"
+                height="500"/>
+        </b-modal>
     </div>
 </div>
 </template>
@@ -444,6 +470,7 @@
 <script>
 
 import Vue from 'vue'
+const lib = require('@/lib')
 import Router from 'vue-router'
 import VueMarkdown from 'vue-markdown'
 import pageheader from '@/components/pageheader'
@@ -515,6 +542,7 @@ export default {
         stateprogress,
         citation,
         emojimart: Picker,
+        editor : require('vue2-ace-editor'),
     },
 
     data() {
@@ -558,7 +586,8 @@ export default {
             customToolbar:  [
                 ["bold", "italic", "underline"],
                 [{ list: "ordered" }, { list: "bullet" }],
-            ]
+            ],
+            json: null,
 
         }
     },
@@ -600,6 +629,19 @@ export default {
         sortedPapers : function() {
             return this.project.relatedPapers.sort((a,b)=> b.citationCount - a.citationCount );
         },
+        filteredPhenotypes: function() {
+            let filtered = [];
+            this.project.phenotypes.forEach(phenotype => {
+                filtered.push(
+                    {
+                        tsv : phenotype.file.replace("phenotype/", ""),
+                        json : phenotype.sidecar.replace("phenotype/", ""),
+                        jsonContent: phenotype.columns
+                    }
+                );
+            });
+            return filtered;
+        },
     },
 
     mounted() {
@@ -618,6 +660,11 @@ export default {
             this.comment += emoji.native;
             this.showMart = false;
         },
+        editorInit(editor) {
+            lib.editorInit(editor, ()=>{
+                //nothing to add..
+            });
+        },
         toggleEmojiMart() {
             if(this.showMart) this.showMart = false;
             else this.showMart = true;
@@ -737,7 +784,7 @@ export default {
                 find: JSON.stringify({
                     _id: projectId,
                 }),
-                populate: "stats.apps.app",
+                populate: "stats.apps.app phenotypes",
             }}).then(res=>{
                 if(res.data.projects.length == 0) {
                     this.error = "You don't have access to the project, or the project ID is invalid. Please contact the project owner and ask to add you to the member/guest of the project.";
@@ -929,6 +976,11 @@ export default {
                 console.dir(res);
             });
         },
+
+        showJson(content) {
+            this.json = JSON.stringify(content, null, 4);
+            this.$bvModal.show('jsonData');
+        },
     },
 }
 </script>