diff --git a/hub-config/tasks.json b/hub-config/tasks.json
index 63e1747..0151d4f 100644
--- a/hub-config/tasks.json
+++ b/hub-config/tasks.json
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
                             "optional": ["2024_2025_1_COVID"]
                         },
                         "target": {
-                            "required": ["ILI incidence"],
-                            "optional": null
+                            "required": null,
+                            "optional": ["ILI incidence", "ili_plus"]
                         },
                         "target_end_date": {
                             "required": null,
@@ -84,7 +84,19 @@
                            "target_type": "continuous",
                            "is_step_ahead": true,
                            "time_unit": "week"
-                        }                    
+                        },
+                        {
+                           "target_id": "ili_plus",
+                           "target_name": "Weekly incidence for Influenza like illness",
+                           "target_units": "cases per 100,000 population",
+                           "target_keys": {
+                               "target": "ili_plus"
+                           },
+                           "description": "This target represents the count of new ILI cases per 100,000 in the week ending on the date [horizon] weeks after the reference_date",
+                           "target_type": "continuous",
+                           "is_step_ahead": true,
+                           "time_unit": "week"
+                        }
                     ]
                 }
             ],