diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 98bd5c8..c462f86 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ exclude_patterns = ['_build']
 
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
-html_theme = 'default'
+html_theme = 'classic'
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
diff --git a/doc/deploy_ghpages.py b/doc/deploy_ghpages.py
index 6cfa320..f276f08 100644
--- a/doc/deploy_ghpages.py
+++ b/doc/deploy_ghpages.py
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ sp.check_output("rsync -rt --del --exclude='.git' --exclude='.nojekyll' ./build/
 os.chdir("gh_pages")
 sp.check_output("echo 'https://${GH_TOKEN}:@github.com' > .git/credentials", shell=True)
 sp.check_output("git add --all ./*", shell=True)
+
 try:
-    sp.check_output("git commit -a -m 'travis bot build ${TRAVIS_COMMIT} [ci skip]'", shell=True)
+    sp.check_output("git commit -a -m 'travis bot build {} [ci skip]'".format(os.getenv("TRAVIS_COMMIT")), shell=True)
 except:
     pass #nothing to do
 else:
diff --git a/jobmanager/clients.py b/jobmanager/clients.py
index 38de94b..9f507a8 100644
--- a/jobmanager/clients.py
+++ b/jobmanager/clients.py
@@ -16,30 +16,30 @@ from . import ode_wrapper
 
 def merge_arg_and_const_arg(arg, const_arg):
     """
-        prepares data from arg and const_arg such that they can be passed
-        to the general integration routine
-        
-        arg and const_arg are both assumed to be dictionaries
-        
-        the merge process must not alter arg nor const_arg
-        in order to be used in the jobmanager context
-        
-        returns the arguments passed to the function
-        defining the derivative such that
-        args_dgl = arg['args'] + const_arg['args']
-        where as arg['args'] and const_arg['args'] have been assumed to be tuples
-        
-        e.g. 
-            arg['args'] = (2, 'low')
-            const_arg['args'] = (15, np.pi)
-        f will be called with
-        f(t, x, 2, 'low', 15, np.pi)
-        
-        returns further the combined dictionary
-        arg + const_arg with the keyword 'args' removed
-        
-        For any duplicate keys the value will be the value
-        from the 'arg' dictionary. 
+    prepares data from arg and const_arg such that they can be passed
+    to the general integration routine
+    
+    arg and const_arg are both assumed to be dictionaries
+    
+    the merge process must not alter arg nor const_arg
+    in order to be used in the jobmanager context
+    
+    returns the arguments passed to the function
+    defining the derivative such that
+    args_dgl = arg['args'] + const_arg['args']
+    where as arg['args'] and const_arg['args'] have been assumed to be tuples
+    
+    e.g. 
+        arg['args'] = (2, 'low')
+        const_arg['args'] = (15, np.pi)
+    f will be called with
+    f(t, x, 2, 'low', 15, np.pi)
+    
+    returns further the combined dictionary
+    arg + const_arg with the keyword 'args' removed
+    
+    For any duplicate keys the value will be the value
+    from the 'arg' dictionary. 
     """
     
     # allows arg to be a namedtuple (or any other object that