diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42596b7d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+version: 2
+jobs:
+  build:
+    docker:
+      - image: circleci/python:3.6.6
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run: sudo chown -R circleci:circleci /usr/local/bin
+      - run: sudo chown -R circleci:circleci /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages
+      - restore_cache:  # ensure this step occurs *before* installing dependencies
+          key: deps9-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "Pipfile.lock" }}
+      - run:
+          command: |
+            sudo pip install pipenv==2018.7.1
+            pipenv install
+      - save_cache:
+          key: deps9-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "Pipfile.lock" }}
+          paths:
+            - ".venv"
+            - "/usr/local/bin"
+            - "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages"
+      - run:
+          name: generate docs
+          command: pipenv run mkdocs build --clean --strict --verbose
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: site
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af8e8060a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[[source]]
+url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+name = "pypi"
+
+[packages]
+mkdocs = "==1.0.4"
+mkdocs-material = "==3.0.4"
+
+[dev-packages]
+
+[requires]
+python_version = "3.6"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27ed029995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+{
+    "_meta": {
+        "hash": {
+            "sha256": "580a32c021d6bda5d1823a0bfb462bfbb5dfaa567bcef30b058c3af80cb67896"
+        },
+        "pipfile-spec": 6,
+        "requires": {
+            "python_version": "3.6"
+        },
+        "sources": [
+            {
+                "name": "pypi",
+                "url": "https://pypi.org/simple",
+                "verify_ssl": true
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "default": {
+        "click": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:2335065e6395b9e67ca716de5f7526736bfa6ceead690adf616d925bdc622b13",
+                "sha256:5b94b49521f6456670fdb30cd82a4eca9412788a93fa6dd6df72c94d5a8ff2d7"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_version != '3.0.*' and python_version != '3.3.*' and python_version >= '2.7' and python_version != '3.1.*' and python_version != '3.2.*'",
+            "version": "==7.0"
+        },
+        "jinja2": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:74c935a1b8bb9a3947c50a54766a969d4846290e1e788ea44c1392163723c3bd",
+                "sha256:f84be1bb0040caca4cea721fcbbbbd61f9be9464ca236387158b0feea01914a4"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.10"
+        },
+        "livereload": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:583179dc8d49b040a9da79bd33de59e160d2a8802b939e304eb359a4419f6498",
+                "sha256:dd4469a8f5a6833576e9f5433f1439c306de15dbbfeceabd32479b1123380fa5"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_version != '3.0.*' and python_version != '3.3.*' and python_version >= '2.7' and python_version != '3.1.*' and python_version != '3.2.*'",
+            "version": "==2.5.2"
+        },
+        "markdown": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:c00429bd503a47ec88d5e30a751e147dcb4c6889663cd3e2ba0afe858e009baa",
+                "sha256:d02e0f9b04c500cde6637c11ad7c72671f359b87b9fe924b2383649d8841db7c"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_version != '3.0.*' and python_version != '3.3.*' and python_version >= '2.7' and python_version != '3.1.*' and python_version != '3.2.*'",
+            "version": "==3.0.1"
+        },
+        "markupsafe": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:a6be69091dac236ea9c6bc7d012beab42010fa914c459791d627dad4910eb665"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.0"
+        },
+        "mkdocs": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:17d34329aad75d5de604b9ed4e31df3a4d235afefdc46ce7b1964fddb2e1e939",
+                "sha256:8cc8b38325456b9e942c981a209eaeb1e9f3f77b493ad755bfef889b9c8d356a"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==1.0.4"
+        },
+        "mkdocs-material": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:2f6987ee2c70f9da0870079a4626f2d309f8528806f08e1a7da842b6c58e7c5c",
+                "sha256:3905942fc8e659bd690420f5fd56bc1f31505067b574377aa8508011389696f0"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==3.0.4"
+        },
+        "pygments": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:78f3f434bcc5d6ee09020f92ba487f95ba50f1e3ef83ae96b9d5ffa1bab25c5d",
+                "sha256:dbae1046def0efb574852fab9e90209b23f556367b5a320c0bcb871c77c3e8cc"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.2.0"
+        },
+        "pymdown-extensions": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:2e1d8f4a4c351cfa6c5ad88a0f2f4a3a30af481a942fdf8f9db0936e12ff37c2",
+                "sha256:54675680f6ad3ee8242fcb8926703b30ea3dcbeb9e21b7f7f19077f0ec982a82"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_version != '3.0.*' and python_version != '3.3.*' and python_version >= '2.7' and python_version != '3.1.*' and python_version != '3.2.*'",
+            "version": "==5.0"
+        },
+        "pyyaml": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:3d7da3009c0f3e783b2c873687652d83b1bbfd5c88e9813fb7e5b03c0dd3108b",
+                "sha256:3ef3092145e9b70e3ddd2c7ad59bdd0252a94dfe3949721633e41344de00a6bf",
+                "sha256:40c71b8e076d0550b2e6380bada1f1cd1017b882f7e16f09a65be98e017f211a",
+                "sha256:558dd60b890ba8fd982e05941927a3911dc409a63dcb8b634feaa0cda69330d3",
+                "sha256:a7c28b45d9f99102fa092bb213aa12e0aaf9a6a1f5e395d36166639c1f96c3a1",
+                "sha256:aa7dd4a6a427aed7df6fb7f08a580d68d9b118d90310374716ae90b710280af1",
+                "sha256:bc558586e6045763782014934bfaf39d48b8ae85a2713117d16c39864085c613",
+                "sha256:d46d7982b62e0729ad0175a9bc7e10a566fc07b224d2c79fafb5e032727eaa04",
+                "sha256:d5eef459e30b09f5a098b9cea68bebfeb268697f78d647bd255a085371ac7f3f",
+                "sha256:e01d3203230e1786cd91ccfdc8f8454c8069c91bee3962ad93b87a4b2860f537",
+                "sha256:e170a9e6fcfd19021dd29845af83bb79236068bf5fd4df3327c1be18182b2531"
+            ],
+            "version": "==3.13"
+        },
+        "six": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:70e8a77beed4562e7f14fe23a786b54f6296e34344c23bc42f07b15018ff98e9",
+                "sha256:832dc0e10feb1aa2c68dcc57dbb658f1c7e65b9b61af69048abc87a2db00a0eb"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.11.0"
+        },
+        "tornado": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:0662d28b1ca9f67108c7e3b77afabfb9c7e87bde174fbda78186ecedc2499a9d",
+                "sha256:4e5158d97583502a7e2739951553cbd88a72076f152b4b11b64b9a10c4c49409",
+                "sha256:732e836008c708de2e89a31cb2fa6c0e5a70cb60492bee6f1ea1047500feaf7f",
+                "sha256:8154ec22c450df4e06b35f131adc4f2f3a12ec85981a203301d310abf580500f",
+                "sha256:8e9d728c4579682e837c92fdd98036bd5cdefa1da2aaf6acf26947e6dd0c01c5",
+                "sha256:d4b3e5329f572f055b587efc57d29bd051589fb5a43ec8898c77a47ec2fa2bbb",
+                "sha256:e5f2585afccbff22390cddac29849df463b252b711aa2ce7c5f3f342a5b3b444"
+            ],
+            "markers": "python_version != '3.0.*' and python_version != '3.3.*' and python_version >= '2.7' and python_version != '3.1.*' and python_version != '3.2.*'",
+            "version": "==5.1.1"
+        }
+    },
+    "develop": {}
+}
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index d8b572bff6..db90e20bd7 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ theme: material
 plugins:
     - search
 docs_dir: 'src'
-use_directory_urls: false 
+use_directory_urls: false
 nav:
     - The BIDS Specification:
       - Introduction: 01-introduction.md
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ nav:
         - Physiological and other continous recordings: 04-modality-specific-files/04-physiological-and-other-continous-recordings.md
         - Behavioral experiments (with no MRI): 04-modality-specific-files/05-behavioural-experiments.md
       - Longitudinal and multi-site studies: 05-longitudinal-and-multi-site-studies.md
-    - The BIDS Starter Kit: https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-starter-kit
\ No newline at end of file
+    - The BIDS Starter Kit: https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-starter-kit