diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 599bb3b2..8eecfdaa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ config.ini
 ipython_config.py
 dist
 docs/_build/
+docs/src/
 htmlcov
 include/
 lib/
 pip-selfcheck.json
-pyvenv.cfg
\ No newline at end of file
+pyvenv.cfg
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 3fb657cc..5815b009 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ pytest-mock
 recommonmark
 requests
 sphinx
-sphinx-rtd-theme
 sphinxcontrib-napoleon
 tqdm
 websocket-client==0.48.0
+
+# Installing sphinx-rtd-theme directly from github above is used until a point release
+# above 0.4.3 is released. https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme/issues/739
+#sphinx-rtd-theme
+-e git+https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx_rtd_theme.git@feb0beb44a444f875f3369a945e6055965ee993f#egg=sphinx_rtd_theme
+