diff --git a/runestone/common/project_template/conf.tmpl b/runestone/common/project_template/conf.tmpl
index 999334c95..2ee49dfe3 100644
--- a/runestone/common/project_template/conf.tmpl
+++ b/runestone/common/project_template/conf.tmpl
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = 'Runestone Interactive Overview'
-copyright = '2015 %(author)s'
+copyright = '2017 %(author)s'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 # A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
 #modindex_common_prefix = []
 
+# `keep_warnings <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/config.html#confval-keep_warnings>`_:
+# If true, keep warnings as “system message” paragraphs in the built documents.
+# Regardless of this setting, warnings are always written to the standard error 
+# stream when sphinx-build is run.
+keep_warnings = True
+
 
 # -- Options for HTML output ---------------------------------------------------