diff --git a/docs/overrides/main.html b/docs/overrides/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4cd3417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/overrides/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block announce %}
+ 🚨The documentation is still a work in progress. Refer to the README for more information.🚨
+{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 06fd04cc..6cb8b242 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ validation:
 
 theme:
   name: "material"
+  custom_dir: docs/overrides
   features:
     - content.action.edit
     - content.action.view