diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 8c3d97346d10554acfffb13cc0867b8609e11852..bfad471f4d51c4648cfbb12a4423ef109094ca7e 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-iCalibrationDB @ git+https://xcalgitlab:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@git.xfel.eu/gitlab/detectors/cal_db_interactive.git@2.0.9
\ No newline at end of file
+docs/requirements.txtiCalibrationDB @ git+https://xcalgitlab:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@git.xfel.eu/gitlab/detectors/cal_db_interactive.git@2.0.9
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 5112b0010d5a26c2fbe9d20ac57d4604006997dc..6246d5d4eae252b31eed4eb53c54ed96df41e544 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.abspath("../pycalibration/"))
 p = Popen(["./makeAllDocs.sh"])
 p.communicate()
 
+import mock
+autodoc_mock_imports = ['Cython']
+
+MOCK_MODULES = ['numpy', 'matplotlib', 'matplotlib.pyplot','Cython']
+for mod_name in MOCK_MODULES:
+    sys.modules[mod_name] = mock.Mock()
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']