diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index e5092915a..e3a047f10 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ build:
   apt_packages:
     - graphviz
   jobs:
+    post_checkout:
+      - 'sed s/docs\\\/source\\\/// -i.bak README.rst'
+      - diff README.rst.bak README.rst || true
     post_install:
       - python -m pip install '.[dev]' rucio-clients
     pre_build:
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 7f31598ba..5894164f6 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 html: source/modules
+	cd .. && sed -i.bak s/docs\\\/source\\\/// README.rst && cd docs
 	sphinx-build -M html source build
+	cd .. && mv README.rst.bak README.rst && cd docs
 
 source/modules: source/reference.rst
 	sphinx-autogen source/reference.rst -t source/_templates -o source/modules
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 4fb1261d4..ef0540c8f 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 release = coffea.__version__
 githash = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"]).strip().decode("ascii")
 
-language = None
+language = "en"
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------