diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b222826..ac523dbe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,3 @@
 tmp
 public/assets
 public/fonts
-public/docs/**/*
-!public/docs/docs.json
-!public/docs/**/index.json
diff --git a/lib/app.rb b/lib/app.rb
index b5015b3a..217f2c16 100644
--- a/lib/app.rb
+++ b/lib/app.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ class App < Sinatra::Application
 
     set :csp, false
 
+    require 'docs'
+    Docs.generate_manifest
+
     Dir[docs_path, root.join(assets_prefix, '*/')].each do |path|
       sprockets.append_path(path)
     end
diff --git a/public/docs/.gitignore b/public/docs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6b7ef32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/docs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/public/docs/docs.json b/public/docs/docs.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0637a088..00000000
--- a/public/docs/docs.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[]
\ No newline at end of file