diff --git a/doc/_templates/layout.html b/doc/_templates/layout.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9522afffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/_templates/layout.html
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{% extends '!layout.html' %}
+
+{%- block sidebarsourcelink %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{%- block sidebarsearch %}
+    <hr/>
+{{ super() }}
+    <hr/>
+    <div>
+	<h3>Mailing list</h3>
+	<a href="http://librelist.com/browser/joblib/">joblib@librelist.com</a>
+    <p class="searchtip" style="font-size: 80%">
+    Send an email to subscribe</p>
+    </div>
+{%- if show_source and has_source and sourcename %}
+<hr/>
+<small><a href="{{ pathto('_sources/' + sourcename, true)|e }}"
+           rel="nofollow">{{ _('Show this page source') }}</a>
+</small>
+{%- endif %}
+{% endblock %}
+
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 2f2572176..ea8e47786 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -192,3 +192,22 @@
 
 # If false, no module index is generated.
 #latex_use_modindex = True
+
+html_theme_options = {
+#    "bgcolor": "#fff",
+#    "footertextcolor": "#666",
+    "relbarbgcolor": "#333",
+#    "relbarlinkcolor": "#445481",
+#    "relbartextcolor": "#445481",
+    "sidebarlinkcolor": "#e15617",
+    "sidebarbgcolor": "#000",
+#    "sidebartextcolor": "#333",
+    "footerbgcolor": "#111",
+    "linkcolor": "#aa560c",
+#    "bodyfont": '"Lucida Grande",Verdana,Lucida,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif',
+#    "headfont": "georgia, 'bitstream vera sans serif', 'lucida grande', helvetica, verdana, sans-serif",
+#    "headbgcolor": "#F5F5F5",
+    "headtextcolor": "#643200",
+    "codebgcolor": "#f5efe7",
+}
+