diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e9a3f19..6eb7717 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.pardir))
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
-extensions = [
-    'sphinx.ext.coverage',
-    'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
-    'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
-]
+extensions = ['sphinx.ext.coverage',
+              'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
+              'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
+              ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']
@@ -103,7 +102,14 @@ pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
-html_theme = 'default'
+
+# on_rtd is whether we are on readthedocs.org, this line of code grabbed from docs.readthedocs.org
+on_rtd = os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS', None) == 'True'
+
+if not on_rtd:  # only import and set the theme if we're building docs locally
+	import sphinx_rtd_theme
+	html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
+	html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
@@ -200,7 +206,7 @@ latex_elements = {}
 # (source start file, target name, title,
 #  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
 latex_documents = [('index', 'bootstrap-vz.tex', u'bootstrap-vz Documentation',
-                   u'Anders Ingemann', 'manual'),
+                    u'Anders Ingemann', 'manual'),
                    ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -228,10 +234,7 @@ latex_documents = [('index', 'bootstrap-vz.tex', u'bootstrap-vz Documentation',
 
 # One entry per manual page. List of tuples
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
-man_pages = [
-    ('index', 'bootstrap-vz', u'bootstrap-vz Documentation',
-     [u'Anders Ingemann'], 1)
-]
+man_pages = [('index', 'bootstrap-vz', u'bootstrap-vz Documentation', [u'Anders Ingemann'], 1)]
 
 # If true, show URL addresses after external links.
 #man_show_urls = False
@@ -243,8 +246,8 @@ man_pages = [
 # (source start file, target name, title, author,
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [('index', 'bootstrap-vz', u'bootstrap-vz Documentation',
-                     u'Anders Ingemann', 'bootstrap-vz', 'One line description of project.',
-                     'Miscellaneous'),
+                      u'Anders Ingemann', 'bootstrap-vz', 'One line description of project.',
+                      'Miscellaneous'),
                      ]
 
 # Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.