diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 124e47656..a6a0c119b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Documentation
 
 The following tools are required to build the mitmproxy docs:
 
-- Hugo_
+- Hugo_ (the extended version `hugo_version` is required)
 - modd_
 
 .. code-block:: bash
diff --git a/docs/modd.conf b/docs/modd.conf
index fbd9fe6c9..3f16cdb59 100644
--- a/docs/modd.conf
+++ b/docs/modd.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 scripts/*.py {
-    prep: build.sh
+    prep: ./build.sh
 }
 
 {