diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index f59d8dbfe40cebcb97054d70d63b942b2ed4fea3..532305f161b85cf21872ece86eaa4e69b1c6da77 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Welcome to LMC Base Classes documentation!
   :maxdepth: 2
 
 .. automodule:: SKABaseDevice.SKABaseDevice
-   :members: 
+
+.. autoclass:: SKABaseDevice
+   :members:
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================
diff --git a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py
index cead7c0fbf538f5b560830f52433fc314fb7163d..7c57fad3510c1b4318dc8d211145f3147d0560d8 100644
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 __init__.py: A generic base device for SKA. It exposes the generic attributes, properties and commands of an SKA device.
 """
-__all__ = ["SKABaseDevice", "main"]
-
-from skabase import release
-from .SKABaseDevice import SKABaseDevice, main
-
-__version__ = release.version
-__version_info__ = release.version_info
-__author__ = release.author
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+# __all__ = ["SKABaseDevice", "main"]
+#
+# from skabase import release
+# from .SKABaseDevice import SKABaseDevice, main
+#
+# __version__ = release.version
+# __version_info__ = release.version_info
+# __author__ = release.author
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