diff --git a/source/conf.py b/source/conf.py
index 661e946a924e8a97c5c18391d41f766312c09c84..8d2526eb7b674b3f0aaddff96f737b6489431eed 100644
--- a/source/conf.py
+++ b/source/conf.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.todo',
     'sphinx.ext.ifconfig',
     'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
+    'sphinx.ext.mathbase',
+    'sphinx.ext.mathjax'
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
-html_theme = 'default'
+html_theme = 'classic'
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
diff --git a/source/pasteur_theme/static/style.conf b/source/pasteur_theme/static/style.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/source/pasteur_theme/static/style.css b/source/pasteur_theme/static/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a3825e7e6dcbca78070e916bd1ae67f6ea1e4b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/pasteur_theme/static/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+@import url("classic.css"); /* make sure to sync this with the base theme's css filename */
+
+
+table.docutils {
+    border: 1px solid;
+    border-collapse: collapse;
+}
+
+table.docutils td, table.docutils th {
+    border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color #aaa;
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-width: 1px;
+    padding: 1px 8px 1px 5px;
+}
+#references table.citation {
+	border-style: none;
+}
+
+#references table.citation td, #references table.citation th{
+    border-style: none;
+}
+
+.red-font {
+    color:red;
+}
+
+
+.highlight-text .highlight .hll {
+    background-color: #FF6666;
+}
diff --git a/source/pasteur_theme/theme.conf b/source/pasteur_theme/theme.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8c208f172945f09122997cb5f333fa1e6d7da705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/pasteur_theme/theme.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[theme]
+inherit = classic
+stylesheet = style.css
+pygments_style = pygments.css