diff --git a/docs/_static/css/custom.css b/docs/_static/css/custom.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..213a36e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_static/css/custom.css
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+body {
+    background: #fafafa;
+    font-family: "Georgia", Times, serif;
+    font-size: 14px;
+    color: black;
+}
+
+.wy-nav-side {
+    font-family: "Georgia", Times, serif;
+    font-size: 13px;
+    color: black;
+    background: #fafafa;
+}
+
+.wy-side-nav-search, .wy-nav-top {
+    background: #fafafa;
+    color: black
+}
+
+a.icon.icon-home {
+    color: #11557C;
+}
+
+a.reference.internal {
+    font-size: 13px;
+}
+
+.wy-nav-content {
+    background: #fafafa;
+}
+
+.wy-content-wrap {
+    background: #fafafa;
+}
+
+.wy-menu-vertical a {
+    color: #43464b;
+}
+
+a:hover {
+    color: lightgrey;
+}
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index e297573a..ec31bd3f 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 html_static_path = ['_static']
 
+html_css_files = ['css/custom.css']
+
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 21f2df15..8d127741 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ In particular, you can:
 
 To achieve this, mpl_interactions provides:
 
-* A way to control the output of pyplot functions (e.g. ``plot`` and ``hist``) with sliders
+* A way to control the output of pyplot functions (e.g. ``plot`` and ``hist``) with sliders.
 * A function to compare horizontal and vertical slices of heatmaps.
 * A function allowing zooming using the scroll wheel.