diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 73f8f141c..87283cf68 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 # Required
 version: 2
+build: 
+  os: ubuntu-20.04
+  tools: 
+    python: "3.9"
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
 sphinx:
@@ -17,8 +21,7 @@ sphinx:
 formats: all
 
 # Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
-#python:
+python:
 #  version: 3.7
-#  install:
-
-#    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 2ee565e03..d32246789 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
 extensions = [
+    'sphinx_rtd_theme',
     'sphinx.ext.autosectionlabel'
 ]
 autosectionlabel_prefix_document = True
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 html_static_path = ['_static']
+html_context = {}
 
 # Add custom style sheets
 def setup(app):
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7be32f526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+sphinxcontrib-bibtex
+sphinx_rtd_theme
+docutils==0.16
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