diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 60dfd5c..0c4d82b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ apidoc:
 
 # copy readme to correct place in docs root
 copyreadme:
-	cp README.md docs/index.md
+	cp README.md docs/README.md
 
 # convert notebooks to md files
 convert_notebooks:
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 7a36efc..30e93bb 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ source_suffix = ['.rst', '.md']
 #source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
 
 # The master toctree document.
-master_doc = 'index'
+master_doc = 'README'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'JuliaFEM'