diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 448db6ae..c3d54ada 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ target/
 # Jupyter Notebook
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 PPO_UC2/
-docs/source/notebooks/*.ipynb
+# ignore everything but the executed notebooks rst in the docs/source/notebooks directory
+!docs/source/notebooks/executed_notebooks.rst
+docs/source/notebooks/**/*
 
 # IPython
 profile_default/
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 2346738f..82719283 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ SPHINXBUILD   ?= sphinx-build
 SOURCEDIR     = .
 BUILDDIR      = _build
 
+AUTOSUMMARY="source/_autosummary"
+
 # Remove command is different depending on OS
 ifdef OS
 	RM = IF exist $(AUTOSUMMARY) (  RMDIR $(AUTOSUMMARY) /s /q )
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 008c23a1..2d3aa7ba 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, List, Optional
 
 import furo  # noqa
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ html_theme = "furo"
 html_static_path = ["_static"]
 html_theme_options = {"globaltoc_collapse": True, "globaltoc_maxdepth": 2}
 html_copy_source = False
-nbsphinx_allow_errors = True
+nbsphinx_allow_errors = False  # set to True to take shortcuts
 
 
 def replace_token(app: Any, docname: Any, source: Any):
@@ -83,19 +83,78 @@ tokens = {
 }  # Token VERSION is replaced by the value of the PrimAITE version in the version file
 """Dict containing the tokens that need to be replaced in documentation."""
 
-temp_ignored_notebooks = ["Training-an-RLLib-Agent.ipynb", "Training-an-RLLIB-MARL-System.ipynb"]
+
+def notebook_assets(ignored_files: Optional[List[str]] = [], include_file_types: Optional[List[str]] = []) -> Any:
+    """
+    Creates a function to be used with `shutil.copytree`'s `ignore` parameter.
+
+    :param ignored_files: A list of specific file names to ignore. If a file in the directory matches one of these
+    names, it will be excluded from the copy process.
+    :type ignored_files: Optional[List[str]]
+    :param include_file_types: A list of file extensions to include in the copy process. Files that do not match these
+    extensions will be excluded. If this list is empty, all files will be excluded, effectively copying only
+    directories.
+    :type include_file_types: Optional[List[str]]
+    """
+
+    def ignore_items(directory: List[str], contents: List[str]) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Determines which files and directories should be ignored during the copy process.
+
+        :param directory: The directory being copied.
+        :type directory: str
+        :param contents: A list of contents in the directory.
+        :type contents: List[str]
+        :return: A list of items to exclude from the copy process.
+        :rtype: List[str]
+        """
+        exclude_items = []
+
+        for item in contents:
+            if item in ignored_files:
+                exclude_items.append(item)
+                continue
+
+            if len(include_file_types) > 0:
+                if not any(item.lower().endswith(ext.lower()) for ext in include_file_types) and os.path.isdir(item):
+                    exclude_items.append(item)
+            else:
+                # if we dont specify which files to include, exclude everything
+                exclude_items.append(item)
+
+        # exclude files but not directories
+        return [path for path in exclude_items if not (Path(directory) / path).is_dir()]
+
+    return ignore_items
 
 
-def copy_notebooks_to_docs():
-    """Copies the notebooks to a directory within docs directory so that they can be included."""
+def copy_notebooks_to_docs() -> Any:
+    """
+    Incredibly over-engineered method that copies the notebooks and its assets to a directory within the docs directory.
+
+    This allows developers to create new notebooks without having to worry about updating documentation when
+    a new notebook is included within PrimAITE.
+    """
+    # temporarily ignore these notebooks because we love RLlib and its quirks
+    ignored_notebooks = ["Training-an-RLLib-Agent.ipynb", "Training-an-RLLIB-MARL-System.ipynb"]
+
+    notebook_asset_types = [".ipynb", ".png"]
+    notebook_directories = []
+
+    # find paths where notebooks are contained
     for notebook in Path("../src/primaite").rglob("*.ipynb"):
-        if notebook.name not in temp_ignored_notebooks:
-            dest = Path("source") / "notebooks"
-            Path(dest).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            shutil.copy2(src=notebook, dst=dest)
+        # add parent path to notebook directory if not already added
+        if notebook.parent not in notebook_directories:
+            notebook_directories.append(notebook.parent)
 
-    # copy any images
-    # TODO
+    # go through the notebook directories and copy the notebooks and extra assets
+    for notebook_parent in notebook_directories:
+        shutil.copytree(
+            src=notebook_parent,
+            dst=Path("source") / "notebooks" / notebook_parent.name,
+            ignore=notebook_assets(ignored_files=ignored_notebooks, include_file_types=notebook_asset_types),
+            dirs_exist_ok=True,
+        )
 
 
 def setup(app: Any):
diff --git a/docs/make.bat b/docs/make.bat
index 7c1cf0cc..0d4049f0 100644
--- a/docs/make.bat
+++ b/docs/make.bat
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ set SOURCEDIR=.
 set BUILDDIR=_build
 
 set AUTOSUMMARYDIR="%cd%\source\_autosummary\"
-set JUPYTEROUTPUTPATH="%cd%\_static\notebooks\html"
 
 %SPHINXBUILD% >NUL 2>NUL
 if errorlevel 9009 (
diff --git a/docs/source/notebooks/executed_notebooks.rst b/docs/source/notebooks/executed_notebooks.rst
index f785a598..f99b13bb 100644
--- a/docs/source/notebooks/executed_notebooks.rst
+++ b/docs/source/notebooks/executed_notebooks.rst
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ Below is a list of available pre-executed notebooks.
     :maxdepth: 1
     :glob:
 
-    *
+    **/*