diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0dbeea539532e28664ab91740d3fe8e39d4e9000..9eaf3742b03a4ffa4d7b4cfdb346cd00bc73c824 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ import sys, os
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 #sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('..'))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../testproject/'))
+
+# Set up the Django settings/environment
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "testproject.settings")
+from django.conf import settings
 
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -25,7 +31,7 @@ import sys, os
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
 # coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
-extensions = []
+extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.doctest']
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ['_templates']