diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 61d8b52af..634e8e8dc 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
 author = 'Seldon Technologies Ltd'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-import alibi
+#import alibi
+exec(open('../../alibi/version.py').read())
 
-version = alibi.__version__
+version = __version__
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = alibi.__version__
+release = __version__
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@
 apidoc_separate_modules = True
 apidoc_extra_args = ['-d 6']
 
+# mock imports
+autodoc_mock_imports = ['numpy', 'pandas', 'sklearn', 'spacy', 'skimage', 'requests',
+                        'cv2', 'bs4', 'keras', 'tensorflow', 'seaborn']
+
 # Napoleon settings
 napoleon_google_docstring = True
 napoleon_numpy_docstring = True