diff --git a/fishbook/.mkdocs.yml b/.mkdocs.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from fishbook/.mkdocs.yml
rename to .mkdocs.yml
diff --git a/build_docu.sh b/build_docu.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8f43e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_docu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+die () { echo "ERROR: $*" >&2; exit 2; }
+
+for cmd in pdoc3; do
+    command -v "$cmd" >/dev/null ||
+        die "Missing $cmd; \`pip install $cmd\`"
+done
+
+PACKAGE="fishbook"
+PACKAGEROOT="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
+BUILDROOT="$PACKAGEROOT/site"
+
+echo
+echo "Clean up documentation of $PACKAGE"
+echo
+
+rm -rf "$BUILDROOT" 2> /dev/null || true
+mkdir -p "$BUILDROOT"
+
+echo "Building general documentation for $PACKAGE"
+echo
+
+cd "$PACKAGEROOT"
+mkdocs build --config-file .mkdocs.yml --site-dir "$BUILDROOT" 
+cd - > /dev/null
+
+echo
+echo "Building API reference docs for $PACKAGE"
+echo
+
+cd "$PACKAGEROOT"
+pdoc3 --html --output-dir "$BUILDROOT/api-tmp" $PACKAGE
+mv "$BUILDROOT/api-tmp/$PACKAGE" "$BUILDROOT/api"
+rmdir "$BUILDROOT/api-tmp"
+cd - > /dev/null
+
+echo
+echo "Done. Docs in:"
+echo
+echo "    file://$BUILDROOT/index.html"
+echo