diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index ecacc6b8f..ce5442c58 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -1068,6 +1068,8 @@ RECURSIVE              = YES
 
 EXCLUDE                = build/ \
                          cmake/ \
+                         doc/doxygen/theme/docs/ \
+                         doc/doxygen/theme/include/ \
                          vcpkg/ \
                          webclient/
 
@@ -1430,7 +1432,8 @@ HTML_STYLESHEET        =
 # documentation.
 # This tag requires that the tag GENERATE_HTML is set to YES.
 
-HTML_EXTRA_STYLESHEET  = doc/doxygen/css/doxygen_style.css
+HTML_EXTRA_STYLESHEET  = doc/doxygen/css/doxygen_style.css \
+                         doc/doxygen/theme/doxygen-awesome.css
 
 # The HTML_EXTRA_FILES tag can be used to specify one or more extra images or
 # other source files which should be copied to the HTML output directory. Note
@@ -1453,7 +1456,7 @@ HTML_EXTRA_FILES       = doc/doxygen/js/graph_toggle.js
 # The default value is: AUTO_LIGHT.
 # This tag requires that the tag GENERATE_HTML is set to YES.
 
-HTML_COLORSTYLE        = AUTO_DARK
+HTML_COLORSTYLE        = LIGHT    # required with doxygen-awesome-css theme, Auto Dark Mode will still work
 
 # The HTML_COLORSTYLE_HUE tag controls the color of the HTML output. Doxygen
 # will adjust the colors in the style sheet and background images according to
@@ -1764,7 +1767,7 @@ ECLIPSE_DOC_ID         = org.doxygen.Project
 # The default value is: NO.
 # This tag requires that the tag GENERATE_HTML is set to YES.
 
-DISABLE_INDEX          = YES
+DISABLE_INDEX          = NO    # YES is bugged in the theme, see jothepro/doxygen-awesome-css/issues/201
 
 # The GENERATE_TREEVIEW tag is used to specify whether a tree-like index
 # structure should be generated to display hierarchical information. If the tag
@@ -1802,7 +1805,7 @@ PAGE_OUTLINE_PANEL     = YES
 # The default value is: NO.
 # This tag requires that the tag GENERATE_HTML is set to YES.
 
-FULL_SIDEBAR           = NO
+FULL_SIDEBAR           = NO    # required for doxygen-awesome-css theme
 
 # The ENUM_VALUES_PER_LINE tag can be used to set the number of enum values that
 # Doxygen will group on one line in the generated HTML documentation.
diff --git a/doc/doxygen/DoxygenLayout.xml b/doc/doxygen/DoxygenLayout.xml
index d6847755b..551391db3 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/DoxygenLayout.xml
+++ b/doc/doxygen/DoxygenLayout.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <tab type="pages" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
         <tab type="topics" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
         <tab type="usergroup" title="Code Reference">
-            <tab type="modules" visible="yes" title="" intro="">
+            <tab type="modules" visible="no" title="" intro="">
                 <tab type="modulelist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
                 <tab type="modulemembers" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
             </tab>
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
                 <tab type="namespacelist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
                 <tab type="namespacemembers" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
             </tab>
-            <tab type="concepts" visible="yes" title="">
-            </tab>
-            <tab type="interfaces" visible="yes" title="">
+            <tab type="concepts" visible="no" title=""/>
+            <tab type="interfaces" visible="no" title="">
                 <tab type="interfacelist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
                 <tab type="interfaceindex" visible="$ALPHABETICAL_INDEX" title=""/>
                 <tab type="interfacehierarchy" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
@@ -28,11 +27,11 @@
                 <tab type="hierarchy" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
                 <tab type="classmembers" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
             </tab>
-            <tab type="structs" visible="yes" title="">
+            <tab type="structs" visible="no" title="">
                 <tab type="structlist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
                 <tab type="structindex" visible="$ALPHABETICAL_INDEX" title=""/>
             </tab>
-            <tab type="exceptions" visible="yes" title="">
+            <tab type="exceptions" visible="no" title="">
                 <tab type="exceptionlist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
                 <tab type="exceptionindex" visible="$ALPHABETICAL_INDEX" title=""/>
                 <tab type="exceptionhierarchy" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@
                 <tab type="filelist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
                 <tab type="globals" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
             </tab>
-            <tab type="examples" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+            <tab type="examples" visible="no" title="" intro=""/>
         </tab>
     </navindex>