diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4f36adbb..4f8481603 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ docs/_build
 *.log
 abci-cli
 docs/node_modules/
+index.html.md
 
 scripts/wal2json/wal2json
 scripts/cutWALUntil/cutWALUntil
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86dcc63fc..7a7273b6f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -246,6 +246,12 @@ metalinter_all:
 	@echo "--> Running linter (all)"
 	gometalinter.v2 --vendor --deadline=600s --enable-all --disable=lll ./...
 
+DESTINATION = ./index.html.md
+
+rpc-docs:
+	cat rpc/core/slate_header.txt > $(DESTINATION)
+	godoc2md -template rpc/core/doc_template.txt github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core | grep -v -e "pipe.go" -e "routes.go" -e "dev.go" | sed 's,/src/target,https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/tree/master/rpc/core,' >> $(DESTINATION)
+
 check_dep:
 	dep status >> /dev/null
 	!(grep -n branch Gopkg.toml)
@@ -305,4 +311,4 @@ build-slate:
 # To avoid unintended conflicts with file names, always add to .PHONY
 # unless there is a reason not to.
 # https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Phony-Targets.html
-.PHONY: check build build_race build_abci dist install install_abci check_dep check_tools get_tools update_tools get_vendor_deps draw_deps get_protoc protoc_abci protoc_libs gen_certs clean_certs grpc_dbserver test_cover test_apps test_persistence test_p2p test test_race test_integrations test_release test100 vagrant_test fmt build-linux localnet-start localnet-stop build-docker build-docker-localnode sentry-start sentry-config sentry-stop build-slate protoc_grpc protoc_all
+.PHONY: check build build_race build_abci dist install install_abci check_dep check_tools get_tools update_tools get_vendor_deps draw_deps get_protoc protoc_abci protoc_libs gen_certs clean_certs grpc_dbserver test_cover test_apps test_persistence test_p2p test test_race test_integrations test_release test100 vagrant_test fmt rpc-docs build-linux localnet-start localnet-stop build-docker build-docker-localnode sentry-start sentry-config sentry-stop build-slate protoc_grpc protoc_all
diff --git a/rpc/core/README.md b/rpc/core/README.md
index 9547079b2..32c3051e3 100644
--- a/rpc/core/README.md
+++ b/rpc/core/README.md
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 # Tendermint RPC
 
-## Generate markdown for [Slate](https://github.com/tendermint/slate)
-
-We are using [Slate](https://github.com/tendermint/slate) to power our RPC
+We are using [Slate](https://github.com/lord/slate) to power our RPC
 documentation. For generating markdown use:
 
 ```shell
 go get github.com/davecheney/godoc2md
 
-godoc2md -template rpc/core/doc_template.txt github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core | grep -v -e "pipe.go" -e "routes.go" -e "dev.go" | sed 's$/src/target$https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/tree/master/rpc/core$'
+# from root of this repo
+make rpc-docs
 ```
 
-For more information see the [CI script for building the Slate docs](/scripts/slate.sh)
-
 ## Pagination
 
 Requests that return multiple items will be paginated to 30 items by default.
diff --git a/rpc/core/slate_header.txt b/rpc/core/slate_header.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb4ca6e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/core/slate_header.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+title: RPC Reference
+
+language_tabs: # must be one of https://git.io/vQNgJ
+  - shell
+  - go
+
+toc_footers:
+  - <a href='https://tendermint.com/'>Tendermint</a>
+  - <a href='https://github.com/lord/slate'>Documentation Powered by Slate</a>
+
+search: true
+---