diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 10a25e7b..39589e82 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ release = '0.1.9'
 
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
-exclude_patterns = ['_build']
+exclude_patterns = ['_build','_static']
 
 # The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all documents.
 #default_role = None