diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 497449669..312e8eb66 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ build:
   os: ubuntu-22.04
   tools:
     python: "3"
+
+sphinx:
+  # Path to your Sphinx configuration file.
+  configuration: source/conf.py
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35cd97113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
+#
+# This file does only contain a selection of the most common options. For a
+# full list see the documentation:
+# http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/config
+
+# -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
+# 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.
+#
+# import os
+# import sys
+# sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+
+
+# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+
+project = "Geo-Python"
+copyright = "2016-2024, The Geo-Python team, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki"
+# author = 'David Whipp, Henrikki Tenkanen, Vuokko Heikinheimo, Håvard Aagesen'
+author = ""
+
+# The short X.Y version
+version = "2024"
+# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
+release = "site"
+
+# Set documentation language
+language="en"
+
+# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
+# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
+# ones.
+extensions = [
+    "sphinx.ext.mathjax",
+    "sphinx.ext.githubpages",
+    "sphinx.ext.todo",
+    "sphinxcontrib.googleanalytics",
+    "sphinxcontrib.youtube",
+    "IPython.sphinxext.ipython_console_highlighting",
+    "IPython.sphinxext.ipython_directive",
+    "myst_nb",
+    "jupyter_sphinx",
+]
+
+# Google Analytics ID to enable tracking of site traffic
+googleanalytics_id = "UA-105019106-1"
+googleanalytics_enabled = True
+
+# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
+templates_path = ["_templates"]
+
+# The suffix(es) of source filenames.
+# You can specify multiple suffix as a list of string:
+#
+# source_suffix = ['.rst', '.md']
+source_suffix = ".rst"
+
+# The master toctree document.
+master_doc = "index"
+
+# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
+# for a list of supported languages.
+#
+# This is also used if you do content translation via gettext catalogs.
+# Usually you set "language" from the command line for these cases.
+language = None
+
+# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
+# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
+# This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path .
+exclude_patterns = []
+
+# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
+pygments_style = "sphinx"
+
+
+# -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
+
+# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
+# a list of builtin themes.
+#
+
+# ======================
+# TODO: Remove OLD SETUP
+# ======================
+# import sphinx_rtd_theme
+# html_theme = 'alabaster'
+# html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
+# html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
+# def setup(app):
+#    app.add_stylesheet('theme_overrides.css')
+# html_logo = 'img/HY-logo-2017.png'
+
+# =======================
+# NEW SPHINX THEME SETUP
+# =======================
+
+html_theme = "sphinx_book_theme"
+html_logo = "_static/geopython.png"
+html_title = ""
+
+html_theme_options = {
+    # "external_links": [],
+    "repository_url": "https://github.com/geo-python/site/",
+    "repository_branch": "master",
+    "path_to_docs": "source/",
+    # "twitter_url": "https://twitter.com/pythongis",
+    # "google_analytics_id": "UA-159257488-1",
+    "use_edit_page_button": True,
+    "use_repository_button": True,
+    "launch_buttons": {
+        "binderhub_url": "https://mybinder.org",
+        "thebe": False,
+        "notebook_interface": "jupyterlab",
+        "collapse_navigation": False,
+    },
+}
+
+# Add last modified to all pages
+html_last_updated_fmt = ""
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
+# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
+# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
+html_static_path = ["_static"]
+
+html_css_files = [
+    'css/custom.css',
+]
+
+# Custom sidebar templates, must be a dictionary that maps document names
+# to template names.
+#
+# The default sidebars (for documents that don't match any pattern) are
+# defined by theme itself.  Builtin themes are using these templates by
+# default: ``['localtoc.html', 'relations.html', 'sourcelink.html',
+# 'searchbox.html']``.
+#
+# html_sidebars = {}
+
+html_context = {
+    # Enable the "Edit in GitHub link within the header of each page.
+    "display_github": True,
+    # Set the following variables to generate the resulting github URL for each page.
+    # Format Template: https://{{ github_host|default("github.com") }}/{{ github_user }}/{{ github_repo }}/blob/{{ github_version }}{{ conf_py_path }}{{ pagename }}{{ suffix }}
+    "github_user": "geo-python",
+    "github_repo": "site",
+    "github_version": "master/",
+    "conf_py_path": "/source/",
+}
+
+# -- Options for HTMLHelp output ---------------------------------------------
+
+# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
+htmlhelp_basename = "Geo-Pythondoc"
+
+
+# -- Options for LaTeX output ------------------------------------------------
+# latex_docclass = {
+#    'howto': 'krantz.cls',
+#    'manual': 'krantz.cls',
+# }
+#
+# latex_additional_files = ["hyperref.sty"]
+
+latex_elements = {
+    # The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
+    #
+    # 'papersize': 'letterpaper',
+    # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
+    #
+    # 'pointsize': '10pt',
+    # Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
+    #
+    # 'preamble': '',
+    # Latex figure (float) alignment
+    #
+    # 'figure_align': 'htbp',
+}
+
+# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
+# (source start file, target name, title,
+#  author, documentclass [howto, manual, or own class]).
+latex_documents = [
+    (
+        master_doc,
+        "Geo-Python.tex",
+        "Geo-Python Documentation",
+        "H. Tenkanen and D. Whipp",
+        "manual",
+    ),
+]
+
+# -- Options for manual page output ------------------------------------------
+
+# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
+# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
+man_pages = [(master_doc, "geo-python", "Geo-Python Documentation", [author], 1)]
+
+# Allow errors
+execution_allow_errors = True
+
+# Execute cells only if any of the cells is missing output
+jupyter_execute_notebooks = "auto"
+
+# Exclude execution of some notebooks
+execution_excludepatterns = ['advanced-data-processing-with-pandas.ipynb', 'errors.ipynb', 'matplotlib.ipynb', 'advanced_plotting.ipynb']
+
+# Add math config options for new version of MyST
+myst_enable_extensions = ["dollarmath"]
diff --git a/sphinx.configuration b/sphinx.configuration
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbb062e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sphinx.configuration
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ version: 2
+sphinx:
+  # Path to your Sphinx configuration file.
+  configuration: source/conf.py