diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 73ee45c08f927bafc8f15b5d6fe43c5e85bca85a..03ab11881e4ffd2632784bea2f8fb426b48a3877 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ workflow:
 docs:userguide:
   image: sphinxdoc/sphinx:latest
   script:
-    - pip install -q sphinx_rtd_theme sphinx_tabs sphinxcontrib-bibtex
+    - pip install -q furo sphinx_rtd_theme sphinx_tabs sphinxcontrib-bibtex
     - sphinx-build -W -b html docs/source_docs/ build/docs
     - sphinx-build -W -b html docs/picvva/ build/picvva
   stage: build-docs
@@ -54,6 +54,3 @@ deploy:docs:
     - docker
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"
-
-
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4b707c7693db452d2380beac8bcc6bb741f6652..5fb05459fc8994f4d700d0659415b74c96c9cf23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,20 +30,20 @@ can be built locally by:
 
 1. Install sphinx:
 
-```shell
-> pip install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme sphinx-tabs sphinxcontrib-bibtex
+```console
+$ pip install sphinx furo sphinx_rtd_theme sphinx-tabs sphinxcontrib-bibtex
 ```
 
 2. Build the documentation (HTML):
 
-```shell
+```console
 $ make  # note, "make html" also works
 ```
 
 The HTML pages will be located in the `build/html` directory.
 Open the `index.html` with your favorite browser:
 
-```shell
+```console
 $ firefox build/html/index.html
 ```
 
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ distribution's package repository.  On Ubuntu something like
 ``sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex`` should do the trick.
 More info at https://www.tug.org/texlive/
 
-```shell
+```console
 $ make pdf
 ```
 
-The output file `mfix.pdf` will be in `build/latex`.  PDF output is 
+The output file `mfix.pdf` will be in `build/latex`.  PDF output is
 experimental at this time and there may be some formatting issues.
 
 4. Cleaning up:
-``` shell
+```console
 $ make clean
 ```