diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6f106ebb..a8be650d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@
     platforms='any',
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=['docutils', 'nbformat', 'sphinx', 'dask', 'distributed', 'ipython', 'nbconvert', 'jupyter_client'],
+    install_requires=['docutils', 'nbformat', 'sphinx', 'dask', 'distributed', 'ipython', 'nbconvert', 'jupyter_client','sphinxcontrib-bibtex==1.0'],
     namespace_packages=['sphinxcontrib'],
 )
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib/jupyter/writers/convert.py b/sphinxcontrib/jupyter/writers/convert.py
index bc4e043a..c10592ea 100644
--- a/sphinxcontrib/jupyter/writers/convert.py
+++ b/sphinxcontrib/jupyter/writers/convert.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import nbformat
-from nbconvert import HTMLExporter
+import nbconvert
+from nbconvert import HTMLExporter, TemplateExporter
 import os
 from io import open
 from sphinx.util.osutil import ensuredir
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ def __init__(self, builderSelf):
         for path in [self.htmldir]:
             ensuredir(path)
         self.html_exporter = HTMLExporter()
+        self.template_exporter = TemplateExporter()
         
         templateFolder = builderSelf.config['jupyter_template_path']
 
@@ -25,7 +27,10 @@ def __init__(self, builderSelf):
             builderSelf.logger.warning("template directory not found")
             exit()
 
-        self.html_exporter.template_file = templateFolder + "/" + builderSelf.config["jupyter_html_template"]
+        if nbconvert.version_info < (6,0):
+            self.html_exporter.template_file = templateFolder + "/" + builderSelf.config["jupyter_html_template"]
+        else:
+            self.template_exporter.extra_template_basedirs.append(templateFolder + "/" + builderSelf.config["jupyter_html_template"])
 
         
     def convert(self, nb, filename, language, base_path, path=None):