diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67d8a5d9..85721c1e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     "test": "yarn run build && web-ext build --source-dir ./build --overwrite-dest && jest --silent",
     "update-buildsystem": "rm -rf src/node_modules; yarn run clean",
     "watch": "echo 'watch is broken, use build instead'; exit 0;",
+    "makedocs": "node scripts/make_docs.js",
     "install": "git config core.hookspath hooks/"
   },
   "author": "Colin Caine",
diff --git a/scripts/make_docs.js b/scripts/make_docs.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4925a815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make_docs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+const TypeDoc = require("typedoc");
+
+
+// Make the theme
+
+// Theme docs: https://github.com/TypeStrong/typedoc/blob/master/internal-docs/custom-themes.md
+// Theme example: https://github.com/Gerrit0/typedoc-custom-theme-demo/blob/main/src/index.tsx
+function load(app) {
+    app.renderer.defineTheme("tridactyl", TypeDoc.DefaultTheme);
+}
+
+
+
+// Build the docs
+async function main() {
+    const app = new TypeDoc.Application();
+    // console.log(app.options);
+
+    // Load our theme
+    load(app);
+
+    // Read the tsconfig.json
+    app.options.addReader(new TypeDoc.TSConfigReader());
+
+    app.bootstrap({
+        // typedoc options here
+        entryPoints: ["src"],
+        theme: "tridactyl",
+        entryPointStrategy: "expand",
+        skipErrorChecking: true,
+        exclude: "src/**/?(test_utils|*.test).ts",
+    });
+
+    const project = app.convert();
+
+    if (project) {
+        // Project may not have converted correctly
+        const outputDir = "generated/static/docs";
+
+        // Rendered docs
+        await app.generateDocs(project, outputDir);
+    }
+}
+
+main().catch(console.error);
diff --git a/scripts/make_docs.sh b/scripts/make_docs.sh
index 1f636e84..9bd47d94 100755
--- a/scripts/make_docs.sh
+++ b/scripts/make_docs.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# nb this is also defined in the makedocs script
 dest=generated/static/docs
-"$(yarn bin)/typedoc" --entryPointStrategy expand --skipErrorChecking --exclude "src/**/?(test_utils|*.test).ts"  --out $dest src
-#"$(yarn bin)/typedoc" --entryPointStrategy expand --skipErrorChecking --theme src/static/typedoc/ --exclude "src/**/?(test_utils|*.test).ts"  --out $dest src
+yarn run makedocs
 cp -r $dest build/static/