diff --git a/python/doc/_templates/globaltoc.html b/python/doc/_templates/globaltoc.html
index e186857e..70535eb0 100644
--- a/python/doc/_templates/globaltoc.html
+++ b/python/doc/_templates/globaltoc.html
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 
-<h3><a href="{{ pathto('contents') }}">{{ _('Table Of Contents') }}</a></h3>
-
 <ul>
-  <li><a href="{{ pathto('index') }}">Home</a></li>
-  <li><a href="{{ pathto('install') }}">Install</a></li>
-  <li><a href="{{ pathto('api') }}">High level API</a></li>
-  <li><a href="{{ pathto('capi') }}">Low level API</a></li>
+  <li><a href="{{ pathto('index') }}">index</a></li>
+  <li><a href="{{ pathto('install') }}">install</a></li>
+  <li><a href="{{ pathto('api') }}">high level API</a></li>
+  <li><a href="{{ pathto('capi') }}">low level API</a></li>
 </ul>
-<b>External Links:</b>
+<b>external links:</b>
 <ul>
-  <li><a href="https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core">Github repository</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core">github repository</a></li>
   <!-- <li><a href="https://lists.codespeak.net/postorius/lists/muacrypt.lists.codespeak.net">Mailing list</></li> <-->
-  <li><a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/deltachat">PyPI: deltachat</a></li>
+  <li><a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/deltachat">pypi: deltachat</a></li>
 </ul>
 
 <b>#deltachat [freenode]</b>
diff --git a/python/doc/_templates/sidebarintro.html b/python/doc/_templates/sidebarintro.html
index b7c8801f..30fa436c 100644
--- a/python/doc/_templates/sidebarintro.html
+++ b/python/doc/_templates/sidebarintro.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <h3>deltachat {{release}}</h3>
 <p>
-<a href="https://delta.chat">Delta.chat</a> Python Bindings
+<a href="https://delta.chat">delta.chat</a> python bindings
 </p>
diff --git a/python/doc/api.rst b/python/doc/api.rst
index 7d7d4f35..4683793c 100644
--- a/python/doc/api.rst
+++ b/python/doc/api.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-deltachat high level API Reference
-===================================
+high level API reference
+========================
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/python/doc/capi.rst b/python/doc/capi.rst
index 0de4db4a..b8a77668 100644
--- a/python/doc/capi.rst
+++ b/python/doc/capi.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Low Level API Reference
+low level API reference
 ===================================
 
 .. automodule:: deltachat.capi.lib
diff --git a/python/doc/conf.py b/python/doc/conf.py
index 79973fc2..ce512600 100644
--- a/python/doc/conf.py
+++ b/python/doc/conf.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ html_logo = "_static/delta-chat.svg"
 # The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
 # docs.  This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
 # pixels large.
-#html_favicon = None
+html_favicon = '_static/favicon.ico'
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
 # relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
diff --git a/python/doc/getting-started.rst b/python/doc/examples.rst
similarity index 91%
rename from python/doc/getting-started.rst
rename to python/doc/examples.rst
index a2d283a6..0d655b2c 100644
--- a/python/doc/getting-started.rst
+++ b/python/doc/examples.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 
-Getting started
-================
+examples
+========
 
 ::
 
diff --git a/python/doc/index.rst b/python/doc/index.rst
index 060237e8..b7638382 100644
--- a/python/doc/index.rst
+++ b/python/doc/index.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-DeltaChat Python Bindings
+deltachat python bindings
 =========================
 
-The deltachat package provides two bindings for the core C-library
+The ``deltachat`` Python package provides two bindings for the core C-library
 of the https://delta.chat messaging ecosystem:
 
 - :doc:`capi` is a lowlevel CFFI-binding to the
@@ -11,22 +11,22 @@ of the https://delta.chat messaging ecosystem:
   to be memory safe and thoroughly tested through continous tox/pytest runs.
 
 
-Getting started
------------------------------------------
+getting started
+---------------
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
    install
-   getting-started
-   api
-   capi
+   examples
 
 .. toctree::
    :hidden:
 
    links
    changelog
+   api
+   capi
 
 ..
     Indices and tables
diff --git a/python/doc/install.rst b/python/doc/install.rst
index 44dc63e4..c1137c9f 100644
--- a/python/doc/install.rst
+++ b/python/doc/install.rst
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 
-Building and Installing deltachat
+building and installing deltachat
 ======================================
 
 This package provides bindings to the delta-core_ C-library
 which provides imap/smtp/crypto handling as well as chat/group/messages
 handling to Android, Desktop and IO user interfaces.
 
-Install
+build
 -------
 
 .. note::
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Install
 First you need to execute all the build steps to install the delta-core C-library,
 see https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core/blob/master/README.md#build
 
+install
+-------
+
 Presuming you have the delta-core library installed, you can then from the root of the repo::
 
     cd python
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ Afterwards you should be able to successfully import the bindings::
     python -c "import deltachat"
 
 
-Running tests
+running tests
 -------------
 
 Install the delta-core C-library and the deltachat bindings (see _Install)