diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 604cd60..ef9ebc9 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ from recommonmark.transform import AutoStructify
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 #sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
 
+if os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS', ''):
+    # RTD doesn't use the repo's Makefile to build docs. We run
+    # autogen_config.py to create the config docs (i.e. Configuration Options
+    # page).
+
+    with open('md2rst.py') as f:
+        exec(compile(f.read(), 'md2rst.py', 'exec'), {})
+
+
 # -- General configuration ------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
diff --git a/docs/source/md2rst.py b/docs/source/md2rst.py
index e9ac100..af30a81 100644
--- a/docs/source/md2rst.py
+++ b/docs/source/md2rst.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# use pandoc to convert md files to rst and copy images
+# Use pandoc to convert readme md files to rst and copy images to a place sphinx can process them.
+# Afterwards, generate a rst file with links to all extensions
+import sys
 import os
 from shutil import copyfile
 import pypandoc
@@ -12,20 +14,22 @@ List of Extensions
 
 """
 
-thispath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-os.chdir(thispath)
-# generate file with link to all extensions containing md files
-src_path = os.path.join('..', '..', 'src', 'jupyter_contrib_nbextensions', 'nbextensions')
+destination = 'source'
+if not os.path.exists(destination):
+    destination = '.'
+print('Copying converted docs to %s directory' % destination)
+src_path = os.path.join(destination, '..', '..', 'src', 'jupyter_contrib_nbextensions', 'nbextensions')
 for root, directories, filenames in os.walk(src_path):
     for filename in filenames:
         ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
         if 'md' in ext[1]:
             md_filename = os.path.join(root, filename)
-            rst_path = os.path.split(root)[-1]
-            if not os.path.exists(rst_path):
-                os.mkdir(rst_path)
+            rst_path = os.path.join(os.path.split(root)[-1])
+            src_path = os.path.join(destination, rst_path)
+            if not os.path.exists(src_path):
+                os.mkdir(src_path)
             rst_name = ext[0]+'.rst'
-            rst_filename = os.path.join(rst_path, rst_name)
+            rst_filename = os.path.join(src_path, rst_name)
             output = pypandoc.convert_file(md_filename, format='md', to='rst', outputfile=rst_filename)
             extensions += '   %s/%s\n' % (rst_path, ext[0])
             # copy images
@@ -34,13 +38,13 @@ for root, directories, filenames in os.walk(src_path):
                     ext2 = os.path.splitext(name2)
                     if ext2[1].strip('.').lower() in ['jpg', 'png', 'gif']:
                         src = os.path.join(root2, name2)
-                        dst = os.path.join(rst_path, name2)
-                        #print('Source file: %s' % src)
+                        dst = os.path.join(src_path, name2)
                         print('Destination: %s' % dst)
                         copyfile(src, dst)
 
-# Generate list of extensions
-f = open('nbextensions.rst', 'w')
+# Write list of extensions
+extname = os.path.join(destination, 'nbextensions.rst')
+f = open(extname, 'w')
 f.write(extensions)
 f.write('\n')
 f.close()