diff --git a/doc/_templates/layout.html b/doc/_templates/layout.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..877882c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/_templates/layout.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{% extends "!layout.html" %}
+
+{% block footer %}
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index bbb90390..d1dee208 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -137,6 +137,17 @@
html_favicon = 'favicon.svg'
html_title = project + ' version ' + release
+html_theme = 'python_docs_theme'
+html_theme_options = {
+ 'navigation_with_keys': True,
+ 'issues_url': 'https://github.com/spatialaudio/nbsphinx/issues',
+ 'root_name': '',
+ 'root_url': '',
+ 'root_icon': '',
+ #'root_include_title': False,
+}
+html_js_files = ['sidebar.js']
+templates_path = ['_templates']
# -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 3c83291b..c16ca256 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+python-docs-theme
ipykernel
numpy
matplotlib