diff --git a/GPy/util/datasets.py b/GPy/util/datasets.py
index 7fd1b6c5..32a22d77 100644
--- a/GPy/util/datasets.py
+++ b/GPy/util/datasets.py
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ overide_manual_authorize=False
 neil_url = 'http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/N.Lawrence/dataset_mirror/'
 
 # Read data resources from json file.
-path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data_resources.json')
-json_data=open(path).read()
-data_resources = json.loads(json_data)
+# Don't do this when ReadTheDocs is scanning as it breaks things
+on_rtd = os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS', None) == 'True' #Checks if RTD is scanning
+if not (on_rtd):
+    path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'data_resources.json')
+    json_data=open(path).read()
+    data_resources = json.loads(json_data)
 
 
 def prompt_user(prompt):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3b493022..80f3648a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ setup(name = 'GPy',
       url = "http://sheffieldml.github.com/GPy/",
       packages = ['GPy', 'GPy.core', 'GPy.kern', 'GPy.util', 'GPy.models_modules', 'GPy.inference', 'GPy.examples', 'GPy.likelihoods', 'GPy.testing', 'GPy.util.latent_space_visualizations', 'GPy.util.latent_space_visualizations.controllers', 'GPy.likelihoods.noise_models', 'GPy.kern.parts', 'GPy.mappings'],
       package_dir={'GPy': 'GPy'},
-      package_data = {'GPy': ['GPy/examples', 'gpy_config.cfg']},
+      package_data = {'GPy': ['GPy/examples', 'gpy_config.cfg', 'util/data_resources.json']},
       py_modules = ['GPy.__init__'],
       long_description=read('README.md'),
       install_requires=['numpy>=1.6', 'scipy>=0.9','matplotlib>=1.1', 'nose'],