diff --git a/docs/environment.yml b/docs/environment.yml
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+name: readthedocs
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - bioconda
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - pip
+  - numpy<1.24.0 #avoid errors caused by 1.24
+  - pandoc>=2.14
+  - pip:
+    - sphinx>=3.0
+    - sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.5
+    - nbsphinx>=0.8
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
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+sphinx>=3.0
+sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.5
+nbsphinx>=0.8
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diff --git a/docs/source/API.rst b/docs/source/API.rst
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+API
+===
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diff --git a/docs/source/About STREAM2.rst b/docs/source/About STREAM2.rst
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+About STREAM2
+=============
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