diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 62dd373..df17cdc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ For details and best practices, refer to the [tuf docs][2].
 Based on the intended use, the `notsotuf` package supports only the top-level roles offered by `tuf`. At this time we do not support delegations.
 Hence the name *"notsotuf"*.
 
-*Disclaimer: It turns out there was once another package called [No-So-TUF][9] created by the author of PyUpdater.
+*Disclaimer: It turns out there was once another package called [Not-So-TUF][9] created by the author of PyUpdater.
 These packages are not related, and the matching name is a pure coincidence.
 The name did not appear on PyPI at the time our repo was created, nor did it appear on GitHub, as far as I know.*
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index d7a7cc0..46d8b9f 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -10,19 +10,27 @@
 # 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 configparser
+from datetime import date
+import notsotuf
+from urllib import parse
+import pathlib
 import sys
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../../src/'))
 
+ROOT_DIR = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
+SRC_DIR = ROOT_DIR / 'src'
+sys.path.insert(0, str(SRC_DIR))
 
-# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
-project = 'notsotuf'
-copyright = '2022, dennisvang'
-author = 'dennisvang'
+# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+config.read(ROOT_DIR / 'setup.cfg')
+project = config['metadata']['name']
+author = config['metadata']['author']
+copyright = f'{date.today().year}, {author}'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '2022.0'
+release = notsotuf.__version__
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
@@ -79,5 +87,11 @@
     'inherited-members': True,
 }
 
-html_baseurl = 'https://notsotuf.readthedocs.io'
+#  find documentation url
+project_urls = config['metadata']['project_urls'].split('\n')
+html_baseurl = ''
+for line in project_urls:
+    if 'readthedocs' in line:
+        parsed_url = parse.urlparse(line.split('=')[1].strip())
+        html_baseurl = f'{parsed_url.scheme}://{parsed_url.netloc}'
 html_extra_path = ['robots.txt']