diff --git a/docs/environment.yml b/docs/environment.yml
index d6d10695..e919543f 100644
--- a/docs/environment.yml
+++ b/docs/environment.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
   - nodefaults
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.13
+  - python=3.11
   - scipy
   - pyopengl
   - imageio
diff --git a/docs/scripting/conf.py b/docs/scripting/conf.py
index fde7dd95..6572bab0 100644
--- a/docs/scripting/conf.py
+++ b/docs/scripting/conf.py
@@ -249,9 +249,6 @@
 
 #this allows \AA to be used in equations 
 'preamble': '\\global\\renewcommand{\\AA}{\\text{\\r{A}}}',
-
-# Suppress auto-generated printindex at end; index is printed via scrpt-indices.rst
-'printindex': '',
 }
 
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
diff --git a/docs/scripting/scrpt-indices.rst b/docs/scripting/scrpt-indices.rst
index 3f9d2aed..9436dcbf 100644
--- a/docs/scripting/scrpt-indices.rst
+++ b/docs/scripting/scrpt-indices.rst
@@ -5,12 +5,3 @@
 
 	  `General Index <./genindex.html>`_
 	  --------------------------------------------
-
-.. only:: latex
-
-    Index
-    =====
-
-    .. raw:: latex
-
-        \printindex
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 59eaa337..145eded3 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -253,9 +253,6 @@
 
 #this allows \AA to be used in equations 
 'preamble': '\\global\\renewcommand{\\AA}{\\text{\\r{A}}}',
-
-# Suppress auto-generated printindex at end; index is printed via indices.rst
-'printindex': '',
 }
 
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
diff --git a/docs/source/indices.rst b/docs/source/indices.rst
index 7e5155c6..cb046c52 100644
--- a/docs/source/indices.rst
+++ b/docs/source/indices.rst
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@
 
     .. raw:: latex
 
-        \printindex
+        \renewcommand{\printindex}{%
+          \begin{theindex}
+          \printindex
+          \end{theindex}
+        }