diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9ce84f8e..67049c347 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ __pycache__
 .cache/
 .mypy_cache/
 .tox/
+.venv/
 
 .coverage
+
+docs/_build/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 64d5b0b93..a06e60ea3 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -76,7 +76,12 @@
 # List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
 # directories to ignore when looking for source files.
 # This patterns also effect to html_static_path and html_extra_path
-exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store']
+exclude_patterns = [
+    '_build',
+    'Thumbs.db',
+    '.DS_Store',
+    '.venv'
+]
 
 # The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
 pygments_style = 'sphinx'
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
-html_static_path = ['_static']
+html_static_path = []
 
 # Custom sidebar templates, must be a dictionary that maps document names
 # to template names.