diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 9e43bc0c2744789b6a6fc239244c0f89a401ffca..f0b1a3ce7964e7fd2e8c1462094e84eebbfcce0b 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,20 @@
+# .readthedocs.yml
+# Read the Docs configuration file
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+
+# Required
+version: 2
+
+# Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/src/conf.py
+
+# Build documentation with MkDocs
+#mkdocs:
+#  configuration: mkdocs.yml
+
+# Optionally build your docs in additional formats such as PDF and ePub
+# formats: all
+
 conda:
-    file: docs/src/environment.yml
+    environment: docs/src/environment.yml
diff --git a/docs/src/conf.py b/docs/src/conf.py
index 81ffaf02225c427c5453648538497014602cdeaf..6d53b46fed61b7007fd846279710c6596572adea 100644
--- a/docs/src/conf.py
+++ b/docs/src/conf.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import sys
 sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('../../csp-lmc-common/'))
 sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('../../csp-lmc-mid/'))
 
-#import tango
+import tango
 #import skabase
 autodoc_mock_imports = ['PyTango', 'tango', 'tango-server','run', 'DeviceMeta', 'command',
                  'future', 'future.utils', 'logging', 'logging.handlers', 'ska',
diff --git a/docs/src/environment.yml b/docs/src/environment.yml
index 4598327f3c63f83399886950458c864909350c89..3d90456f293d5a95d2573dbca7a7ee371de79e22 100644
--- a/docs/src/environment.yml
+++ b/docs/src/environment.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 name: py3
+channels:
+- tango-controls
 dependencies:
 - python=3
 - numpy
@@ -8,3 +10,4 @@ dependencies:
 - pillow
 - sphinx
 - sphinx_rtd_theme
+- pytango