diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index db8faf1d7bb348b65e5849ab5398bbd330368201..ad97b7a8ea0191d843b0de2ab9a5dd5598eca66f 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ html_static_path = ['_static']
 
 # for sphinx-multiversions # https://github.com/Holzhaus/sphinx-multiversion 
 # https://blog.stephane-robert.info/post/sphinx-documentation-multi-version/ 
-smv_tag_whitelist = r'^v\d+\.\d$'  # tags of form v*.*.x and latest 
+smv_tag_whitelist = r'^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$'  # tags of form v*.*.x and latest 
 # Whitelist pattern for branches (set to '' to ignore all branches) 
 smv_branch_whitelist = r'^master$' 
-smv_released_pattern = r'^tags/.*$' 
-smv_remote_whitelist = r'^.*$'
 smv_latest_version = 'latest'
+smv_released_pattern = r'^tags/v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$'
+smv_outputdir_format = '{ref.name}'