diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8bec6832..a8f33d97 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ docs/.jupyter_cache
 docs/apidoc/modules.rst
 docs/apidoc/ravenpy*.rst
 docs/jupyter_execute
+docs/readme.rst
 
 # PyBuilder
 target/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 923ab2c0..096136c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Internal changes
 * Added `setuptools` to the `gis` build recipe to ensure that the `gdal` bindings are built successfully. (PR #400)
 * Modified the sub-basin and channel profile extraction functions to correctly set the river length to zero and set default values for reach attributes in sub-basins with no channel routing (i.e., sub-basins with lakes or headwater basins). (issue #354, PR #401)
 * Improved the HBV-EC emulator by adding parameter information (name, definition, and Raven default values), fixed the variable name for the adiabatic temperature lapse rate, and added an alias for rain snow fraction to match other emulators. (PR #404 and #408)
+* Modified the `sphinx` configuration to better support SVG and to remove incompatible elements from the PDF build. (PR #407)
 
 v0.15.0 (2024-06-20)
 --------------------
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0d80fde6..c57818f0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ RavenPy
 | Development Status         | |status| |build| |coveralls|                        |
 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
 
+
 A Python wrapper to setup and run the hydrologic modelling framework Raven_.
 
 * Free software: MIT license
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 3edd182b..24cda968 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Minimal makefile for Sphinx documentation
 #
 
-# You can set these variables from the command line.
-SPHINXOPTS    =
-SPHINXBUILD   = python -msphinx
+# You can set these variables from the command line, and also
+# from the environment for the first two.
+SPHINXOPTS    ?=
+SPHINXBUILD   ?= sphinx-build
 SPHINXPROJ    = ravenpy
 SOURCEDIR     = .
 BUILDDIR      = _build
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4b0214a2..14f5aa7d 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -20,11 +20,35 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from datetime import date
+from pathlib import Path
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(".."))
 
 import ravenpy  # noqa: E402
 
+# -- Workarounds ------------------------------------------------------
+
+def rebuild_readme():
+    """Rebuild the readme.rst file from the top-level README.rst file.
+
+    This is a workaround to remove the badge table found in the README.rst
+    when building the docs specifically for latex/pdf output.
+    """
+
+    with Path("../README.rst").open(encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        readme = f.read()
+
+    # Remove the badge table
+    readme = readme.replace("=======\nRavenPy\n=======", "=======\nRavenPy\n=======\n\n.. only:: not latex")
+    readme = readme.replace("\n+-", "\n    +-")
+    readme = readme.replace("\n|", "\n    |")
+
+    with Path("readme.rst").open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        f.write(readme)
+
+rebuild_readme()
+
+
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
@@ -42,11 +66,11 @@
     "sphinx.ext.todo",
     "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
     "IPython.sphinxext.ipython_console_highlighting",
-    # "nbsphinx",
     "myst_nb",
     "sphinx_click",
     "sphinx_codeautolink",
     "sphinx_copybutton",
+    "sphinxcontrib.cairosvgconverter",
     # "sphinxcontrib.autodoc_pydantic",  # FIXME: Does not seem to be compatible with RavenPy codebase.
 ]
 
@@ -126,7 +150,7 @@
 
 # The suffix(es) of source filenames.
 # You can specify multiple suffix as a dictionary of suffix: filetype
-source_suffix = {'.rst': 'restructuredtext'}
+source_suffix = {".rst": "restructuredtext"}
 
 # The master toctree document.
 master_doc = "index"
@@ -208,16 +232,16 @@
 latex_elements = {
     # The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
     #
-    # 'papersize': 'letterpaper',
+    'papersize': 'letterpaper',
     # The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
     #
-    # 'pointsize': '10pt',
+    'pointsize': '10pt',
     # Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
     #
-    # 'preamble': '',
+    'preamble': '',
     # Latex figure (float) alignment
     #
-    # 'figure_align': 'htbp',
+    'figure_align': 'htbp',
 }
 
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
@@ -245,7 +269,7 @@
         "RavenPy Documentation",
         author,
         "ravenpy",
-        "One line description of project.",
+        "A Python wrapper to setup and run the hydrologic modelling framework Raven.",
         "Miscellaneous",
     ),
 ]
diff --git a/docs/readme.rst b/docs/readme.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 72a33558..00000000
--- a/docs/readme.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.. include:: ../README.rst
diff --git a/environment-rtd.yml b/environment-rtd.yml
index 4bc8d07b..8aac010c 100644
--- a/environment-rtd.yml
+++ b/environment-rtd.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ channels:
 - conda-forge
 - defaults
 dependencies:
-  - python >=3.9,<3.10  # fixed to reduce solver time
+  - python >=3.10,<3.11  # fixed to reduce solver time
   - raven-hydro >=0.3.1,<1.0
   - autodoc-pydantic
+  - cairosvg
   - click >=8.0.0
 #  - clisops  # mocked
   - gdal >=3.1
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies:
   - sphinx-codeautolink
   - sphinx-copybutton
   - sphinx-rtd-theme >=1.0
-  - sphinxcontrib-napoleon
+  - sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter
   - typing_extensions
   - wheel
 #  - xarray  # mocked
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 06b3189d..209dea4c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ dev = [
 docs = [
   "autodoc-pydantic",
   "birdhouse-birdy",
+  "cairosvg",
   "cartopy",
   "clisops",
   "gcsfs",
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ docs = [
   "sphinx-codeautolink",
   "sphinx-copybutton",
   "sphinx-rtd-theme >=1.0",
+  "sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter >=1.2.3",
   "xesmf"
 ]
 gis = [