diff --git a/docs/_static/.keepme b/docs/_static/.keepme
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index cc2c1a0..14d5234 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 # sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
 
 
+# TODO: not sure why i had to explicitly declare this for the sake of buildbot,
+# when it worked for me fine locally without doing this.
+master_doc = 'index'
+
+
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
 project = 'Theo'
@@ -52,4 +57,4 @@ html_theme = 'alabaster'
 # 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,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ['_static']
\ No newline at end of file
+html_static_path = ['_static']