diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index faa4ed65..ffc600c8 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ help:
 clean:
 	-rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
 
+CWD=$(shell sphinx-apidoc -f -o . ../GPy)
+all:
+	@echo api build: $(CWD).
+
 html:
 	$(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
 	@echo
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 44e908e0..c3c9cde8 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     print "no sphinx"
 
-parent = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(parent))
+parent = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
+sys.path.insert(0, parent)
+sys.path.append(parent)
 
-parent = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'GPy')
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(parent))
+parent = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'GPy'))
+sys.path.insert(0, parent)
+sys.path.append(parent)
 
 #APP_DIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '../'))
 #PACKAGE_DIR1 = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '../'))