diff --git a/doc/conf/conf.py b/doc/conf/conf.py
index 7600179f94620b1470c6d8452d913d7b597d8073..7a7fa741fbd498a62e8a9c47a8ae6cb77a7b4030 100644
--- a/doc/conf/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf/conf.py
@@ -209,3 +209,12 @@ latex_documents = [
 
 # If false, no module index is generated.
 #latex_use_modindex = True
+
+# -- OST specific configuration --------------------------------------------
+
+# these links can be fed via Python and are added to all rst files
+# -> container instructions on GIT for current OST version (assumed to match tag!)
+rst_epilog = """
+.. _Docker instructions: https://git.scicore.unibas.ch/schwede/openstructure/tree/%s/docker
+.. _Singularity instructions: https://git.scicore.unibas.ch/schwede/openstructure/tree/%s/singularity
+""" % (ost.VERSION, ost.VERSION)
diff --git a/modules/doc/install.rst b/modules/doc/install.rst
index d9b3580ccc25a2c4a68386357db85f0257920048..1e6b8a0eecddf3ebbf9eb95b24a053743973509e 100644
--- a/modules/doc/install.rst
+++ b/modules/doc/install.rst
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ container solution. We provide recipes to build images for
 `Docker <https://www.docker.com/>`_ and
 `Singularity <https://www.sylabs.io/guides/2.5.1/user-guide>`_.
 The latest recipes and instructions can be found on our GitLab site
-(`Docker instructions <https://git.scicore.unibas.ch/schwede/openstructure/tree/develop/docker>`_ and
-`Singularity instructions <https://git.scicore.unibas.ch/schwede/openstructure/tree/develop/singularity>`_).
+(`Docker instructions`_ and `Singularity instructions`_).
 
 If you wish to compile OpenStructure outside of a container, you need to follow
 the steps which we describe in detail below. In essence, these steps are: