diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index 56fbccb79f8e5ecbff7f70e5c7b7e2c0f56cf040..c935d2dd823c00a896aa3f35c005786be3202f78 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ version = '0.X.Y'
 release = '0.x.y-beta-rc2'
 
 
+import sphinx-rtd-theme
+
+
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ extensions = [
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
     'autoapi.extension',
     "recommonmark",            # For markdown files.
+    "sphinx-rtd-theme",
     # 'sphinx.ext.intersphinx',
     # 'sphinx.ext.napoleon',     # For Google style docstrings
 ]
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ pygments_style = None
 # 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"
 
 # 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
diff --git a/test/docker/Dockerfile b/test/docker/Dockerfile
index f355939cacd0f16b7038ae459584f2d015e04763..35a3918e40688002de701678a220b54be73f90c0 100644
--- a/test/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ RUN pip3 install pandas xlrd
 RUN pip3 install git+https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-advanced-user-tools.git@dev
 # For automatic documentation
 RUN npm install -g jsdoc
-RUN pip3 install sphinx-js sphinx-autoapi
+RUN pip3 install sphinx-js sphinx-autoapi sphinx-rtd-theme