diff --git a/ippisite/docs/source/conf.py b/ippisite/docs/source/conf.py
index 23fdd6f19f3327532a7a9d67be4bb9fc23eb1354..c72ca4dbbf3989eaeb07160e2bd78fbaa34ae73c 100644
--- a/ippisite/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/ippisite/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -216,4 +216,8 @@ autosummary_generate = True
 exclude_patterns = ['_build']
 
 #do not try to import tkinter for sphinx
-autodoc_mock_imports = ['_tkinter']
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+autodoc_mock_imports = ['_tkinter']
+
+bibtex_bibfiles = [
+    'refs.bib',
+]
diff --git a/ippisite/docs/source/refs.bib b/ippisite/docs/source/refs.bib
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b137891791fe96927ad78e64b0aad7bded08bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ippisite/docs/source/refs.bib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/ippisite/requirements-dev.txt b/ippisite/requirements-dev.txt
index 15311f2de604cd5a18bbfc5810b2ba777a7f1bc6..d9e46e82dac8a42e3e362c1cea5c31e81e60bd81 100644
--- a/ippisite/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/ippisite/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ parameterized
 pygraphviz
 pydot
 pyparsing
-pyyaml>=5.1
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+pyyaml>=5.1