diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 3395052..b60e03b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -36,3 +36,27 @@ html_theme = 'alabaster'
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 html_static_path = ['_static']
+
+# Configure the sidebar to be how we want it to be
+# We don't have 'navigation' here, since it is very cluttered
+# and seems to be hard to control.
+html_sidebars = {
+    '**': [
+        'about.html',
+        'relations.html',
+        'searchbox.html',
+        'donate.html',
+    ]
+}
+# Custom Alabaster theme options
+html_theme_options = {
+    'description': """
+    A simple JupyterHub distribution for 1-100 users
+    <br /> <br />
+    <strong>Documentation confusing?</strong> <a href="https://github.com/jupyterhub/the-littlest-jupyterhub/issues">File an issue!</a>
+    """,
+    'github_user': 'jupyterhub',
+    'github_repo': 'the-littlest-jupyterhub',
+    'github_button': True,
+    'github_banner': True,
+}