diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index f705064b..552f305d 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
 ]
 
+import sys
+try:
+    from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+except:
+    from mock import Mock as MagicMock
+
+class Mock(MagicMock):
+    @classmethod
+    def __getattr__(cls, name):
+            return Mock()
+
+MOCK_MODULES = []
+sys.modules.update((mod_name, Mock()) for mod_name in MOCK_MODULES)
+
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 
@@ -60,9 +74,15 @@ author = u'GPy Authors'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.8.8'
+with open('../../GPy/__version__.py', 'r') as f:
+    version = f.read()
+    release = version
+
+print version
+
+# version = '0.8.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.8.8'
+# release = '0.8.8'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.