diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 1a3a458..6955667 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -120,11 +120,10 @@ intersphinx_mapping = {'python': ('https://docs.python.org/', None)}
 # a list of builtin themes.
 on_rtd = os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS', None) == 'True'
 
-if on_rtd:
-    html_theme = 'default'
-else: # only import and set the theme if we're building docs locally
+html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
+
+if not on_rtd: # only import and set the theme if we're building docs locally
     import sphinx_rtd_theme
-    html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
     html_theme_path = ['_themes', sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]