diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index f7c2e4a..84716be 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ dist: html
 	cp -al build/html .
 	@echo "Build finished.  Final docs are in html/"
 
-html: api autoconfig automagic
+html: jsapi api autoconfig automagic
 html_noapi: clean_api autoconfig automagic
 
 html html_noapi:
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ source/config/options/generated:
 	python autogen_config.py
 	@echo "Created docs for config options"
 
+jsapi:
+	jsdoc -c jsdoc_config.json -d ./build/jsapi_html/
+
 api: source/api/generated/gen.txt
 
 source/api/generated/gen.txt:
diff --git a/docs/README.rst b/docs/README.rst
index 7d550fa..0cfe596 100644
--- a/docs/README.rst
+++ b/docs/README.rst
@@ -11,20 +11,22 @@ sphinx jsdoc
 
 On Debian-based systems, you should be able to run::
 
-    sudo apt-get install sphinx npm
+    sudo apt-get install python-sphinx npm
     sudo npm install -g jsdoc@"<=3.3.0"
 
 The documentation gets built using ``make``, and comes in several flavors.
 
-``make html`` - build the API and narrative documentation web pages, this
-is the the default ``make`` target, so running just ``make`` is equivalent to
-``make html``. 
+``make html`` - build the API (both Javascript and Python) and narrative 
+documentation web pages, this is the the default ``make`` target, so 
+running just ``make`` is equivalent to ``make html``. 
 
 ``make html_noapi`` - same as above, but without running the auto-generated
 API docs. When you are working on the narrative documentation, the most time
 consuming portion  of the build process is the processing and rending of the
 API documentation. This build target skips that.
 
+``make jsapi`` - build Javascript auto-generated API documents.
+
 ``make pdf`` will compile a pdf from the documentation.
 
 You can run ``make help`` to see information on all possible make targets.
diff --git a/docs/conf.json b/docs/jsdoc_config.json
similarity index 90%
rename from docs/conf.json
rename to docs/jsdoc_config.json
index 67cc9a2..7299244 100644
--- a/docs/conf.json
+++ b/docs/jsdoc_config.json
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@
     "templates": {
         "cleverLinks": false,
         "monospaceLinks": false
-    },
-    "destination": "./out/"
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/make.cmd b/docs/make.cmd
index 00b1b74..5e3503d 100644
--- a/docs/make.cmd
+++ b/docs/make.cmd
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SETLOCAL
 
 SET SPHINXOPTS=
 SET SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build
+SET JSDOC=jsdoc
 SET PAPER=
 SET SRCDIR=source
 
@@ -43,6 +44,10 @@ FOR %%L IN (html pickle htmlhelp latex changes linkcheck) DO (
 )
 
 IF "%1" == "clean" (
+    %JSDOC% -c jsdoc_config.json -d ./build/jsapi_html/
+)
+
+IF "%1" == "jsapi" (
     RD /s /q build dist %SRCDIR%\api\generated 2>NUL
     IF ERRORLEVEL 0 ECHO Build environment cleaned!
     GOTO END
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@ ECHO.
 ECHO Please use "make [target]" where [target] is one of:
 ECHO.
 ECHO    html      to make standalone HTML files
+ECHO    jsapi     to make standalone HTML files for the Javascript API
 ECHO    pickle    to make pickle files (usable by e.g. sphinx-web)
 ECHO    htmlhelp  to make HTML files and a HTML help project
 ECHO    latex     to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter