diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 83e69f88917581232d50e073b9096be558a551e1..d5a855ea5ff0889b4fa410e1c44e8eeca1ac0203 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
 #
-html_theme = 'alabaster'
+html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,