diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 92e7f5e8..c34697d1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -287,8 +287,10 @@ if(GENERATE_DOC)
 
     # Copy the aliases to the build directory
     file(COPY ${SOURCE_DIR}/docs/aliases DESTINATION ${BUILD_DIR}/docs)
+    file(COPY ${SOURCE_DIR}/docs/ldoc.css DESTINATION ${BUILD_DIR}/docs)
 
-    add_custom_target(ldoc ALL DEPENDS ${BUILD_DIR}/doc/index.html)
+    add_custom_target(ldoc ALL
+        DEPENDS ${BUILD_DIR}/doc/index.html ${BUILD_DIR}/docs/ldoc.css)
     if (STRICT_TESTS)
         set(ldoc_args --fatalwarnings .)
         set(ldoc_desc_suffix " (fatal warnings)")
@@ -299,7 +301,7 @@ if(GENERATE_DOC)
         OUTPUT  ${BUILD_DIR}/doc/index.html
         COMMAND ${LDOC_EXECUTABLE} ${ldoc_args}
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${AWE_DOC_DIR}
-        DEPENDS ${AWE_SRCS} ${AWE_LUA_FILES} ${AWE_MD_FILES} ${BUILD_DIR}/docs/config.ld generate-examples
+        DEPENDS ${AWE_SRCS} ${AWE_LUA_FILES} ${AWE_MD_FILES} ${BUILD_DIR}/docs/config.ld generate-examples ${BUILD_DIR}/docs/ldoc.css
         COMMENT "Generating API documentation${ldoc_desc_suffix}")
 endif()
 # }}}
diff --git a/docs/config.ld b/docs/config.ld
index 84370c54..0e074a56 100644
--- a/docs/config.ld
+++ b/docs/config.ld
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dir='../doc'
 
 -- Make the docs prettier
 pretty='lua'
-style="!pale"
+style=true
 backtick_references=true
 merge=true
 use_markdown_titles=true
diff --git a/docs/ldoc.css b/docs/ldoc.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51ebebc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/ldoc.css
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+body { 
+    color: #47555c;
+    font-size: 16px;
+    font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
+    margin: 0;
+    background: #eff4ff;
+}
+
+a:link { color: #008fee; }
+a:visited { color: #008fee; }
+a:hover { color: #22a7ff; }
+
+h1 { font-size:26px; font-weight: normal; }
+h2 { font-size:22px; font-weight: normal; }
+h3 { font-size:18px; font-weight: normal; }
+h4 { font-size:16px; font-weight: bold; }
+
+hr {
+    height: 1px;
+    background: #c1cce4;
+    border: 0px;
+    margin: 15px 0;
+}
+
+code, tt {
+    font-family: monospace;
+}
+span.parameter {
+    font-family: monospace;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: rgb(99, 115, 131);
+}
+span.parameter:after {
+    content:":";
+}
+span.types:before {
+    content:"(";
+}
+span.types:after {
+    content:")";
+}
+.type {
+    font-weight: bold; font-style:italic
+}
+
+p.name {
+    font-family: "Andale Mono", monospace;
+}
+
+#navigation {
+    float: left;
+    background-color: white;
+    border-right: 1px solid #d3dbec;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #d3dbec;
+
+    width: 14em;
+    vertical-align: top;
+    overflow: visible;
+}
+
+#navigation br {
+    display: none;
+}
+
+#navigation h1 {
+    background-color: white;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #d3dbec;
+    padding: 15px;
+    margin-top: 0px;
+    margin-bottom: 0px;
+}
+
+#navigation h2 {
+    font-size: 18px;
+    background-color: white;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #d3dbec;
+    padding-left: 15px;
+    padding-right: 15px;
+    padding-top: 10px;
+    padding-bottom: 10px;
+    margin-top: 30px;
+    margin-bottom: 0px;
+}
+
+#content h1 {
+    background-color: #2c3e67;
+    color: white;
+    padding: 15px;
+    margin: 0px;
+}
+
+#content h2 {
+    background-color: #6c7ea7;
+    color: white;
+    padding: 15px;
+    padding-top: 15px;
+    padding-bottom: 15px;
+    margin-top: 0px;
+}
+
+#content h2 a {
+    background-color: #6c7ea7;
+    color: white;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+#content h2 a:hover {
+    text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+#content h3 {
+    font-style: italic;
+    padding-top: 15px;
+    padding-bottom: 4px;
+    margin-right: 15px;
+    margin-left: 15px;
+    margin-bottom: 5px;
+    border-bottom: solid 1px #bcd;
+}
+
+#content h4 {
+    margin-right: 15px;
+    margin-left: 15px;
+    border-bottom: solid 1px #bcd;
+}
+
+#content pre {
+    margin: 15px;
+}
+
+pre {
+    background-color: rgb(50, 55, 68);
+    color: white;
+    border-radius: 3px;
+    /* border: 1px solid #C0C0C0; /* silver */
+    padding: 15px;
+    overflow: auto;
+    font-family: "Andale Mono", monospace;
+}
+
+#content ul pre.example {
+    margin-left: 0px;
+}
+
+table.index {
+/* border: 1px #00007f; */
+}
+table.index td { text-align: left; vertical-align: top; }
+
+#navigation ul
+{
+    font-size:1em;
+    list-style-type: none;
+    margin: 1px 1px 10px 1px;
+}
+
+#navigation li {
+    text-indent: -1em;
+    display: block;
+    margin: 3px 0px 0px 22px;
+}
+
+#navigation li li a {
+    margin: 0px 3px 0px -1em;
+}
+
+#content {
+    margin-left: 14em;
+}
+
+#content p {
+    padding-left: 15px;
+    padding-right: 15px;
+}
+
+#content table {
+    padding-left: 15px;
+    padding-right: 15px;
+    background-color: white;
+}
+
+#content p, #content table, #content ol, #content ul, #content dl {
+    max-width: 900px;
+}
+
+#about {
+    padding: 15px;
+    padding-left: 16em;
+    background-color: white;
+    border-top: 1px solid #d3dbec;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #d3dbec;
+}
+
+table.module_list, table.function_list {
+    border-width: 1px;
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-color: #cccccc;
+    border-collapse: collapse;
+    margin: 15px;
+}
+table.module_list td, table.function_list td {
+    border-width: 1px;
+    padding-left: 10px;
+    padding-right: 10px;
+    padding-top: 5px;
+    padding-bottom: 5px;
+    border: solid 1px rgb(193, 204, 228);
+}
+table.module_list td.name, table.function_list td.name {
+    background-color: white; min-width: 200px; border-right-width: 0px;
+}
+table.module_list td.summary, table.function_list td.summary {
+    background-color: white; width: 100%; border-left-width: 0px;
+}
+
+dl.function {
+    margin-right: 15px;
+    margin-left: 15px;
+    border-bottom: solid 1px rgb(193, 204, 228);
+    border-left: solid 1px rgb(193, 204, 228);
+    border-right: solid 1px rgb(193, 204, 228);
+    background-color: white;
+}
+
+dl.function dt {
+    color: rgb(99, 123, 188);
+    font-family: monospace;
+    border-top: solid 1px rgb(193, 204, 228);
+    padding: 15px;
+}
+
+dl.function dd {
+    margin-left: 15px;
+    margin-right: 15px;
+    margin-top: 5px;
+    margin-bottom: 15px;
+}
+
+#content dl.function dd h3 {
+    margin-top: 0px;
+    margin-left: 0px;
+    padding-left: 0px;
+    font-size: 16px;
+    color: rgb(128, 128, 128);
+    border-bottom: solid 1px #def;
+}
+
+#content dl.function dd ul, #content dl.function dd ol {
+    padding: 0px;
+    padding-left: 15px;
+    list-style-type: none;
+}
+
+ul.nowrap {
+    overflow:auto;
+    white-space:nowrap;
+}
+
+.section-description {
+    padding-left: 15px;
+    padding-right: 15px;
+}
+
+/* stop sublists from having initial vertical space */
+ul ul { margin-top: 0px; }
+ol ul { margin-top: 0px; }
+ol ol { margin-top: 0px; }
+ul ol { margin-top: 0px; }
+
+/* make the target distinct; helps when we're navigating to a function */
+a:target + * {
+  background-color: #FF9;
+}
+
+
+/* styles for prettification of source */
+pre .comment { color: #bbccaa; }
+pre .constant { color: #a8660d; }
+pre .escape { color: #844631; }
+pre .keyword { color: #ffc090; font-weight: bold; }
+pre .library { color: #0e7c6b; }
+pre .marker { color: #512b1e; background: #fedc56; font-weight: bold; }
+pre .string { color: #8080ff; }
+pre .number { color: #f8660d; }
+pre .operator { color: #2239a8; font-weight: bold; }
+pre .preprocessor, pre .prepro { color: #a33243; }
+pre .global { color: #c040c0; }
+pre .user-keyword { color: #800080; }
+pre .prompt { color: #558817; }
+pre .url { color: #272fc2; text-decoration: underline; }