diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 16da167d632091775fea3b407c0dc275f9e9db59..feb3b08bd950890656187542c122e198793e488d 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ release = '0.6.0'
 extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
     'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
+    'myst_parser'
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
diff --git a/docs/source/readme_link.md b/docs/source/readme_link.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..060259b6b72fd0fe4dc11244b40f75bef9cf381f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/readme_link.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+```{include} ../../README.md
+```
\ No newline at end of file