diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index ecf001fd..06b8e755 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ plugins:
   - jekyll-feed
   - jemoji
 
+# Sass configuration to suppress deprecation warnings from theme
+sass:
+  style: compressed
+  quiet_deps: true
+  silence_deprecations:
+    - import
+    - global-builtin
+    - color-functions
+
 color_scheme: nhs
 mermaid:
   # Version of mermaid library
diff --git a/docs/_sass/color_schemes/nhs.scss b/docs/_sass/color_schemes/nhs.scss
index 5265053f..e0322f5c 100644
--- a/docs/_sass/color_schemes/nhs.scss
+++ b/docs/_sass/color_schemes/nhs.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@import "./color_schemes/light";
+$color-scheme: light !default;
 
 @font-face {
   font-family: "Frutiger W01";
diff --git a/scripts/init.mk b/scripts/init.mk
index e12255c3..3d82280a 100644
--- a/scripts/init.mk
+++ b/scripts/init.mk
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ _install-dependency: # Install asdf dependency - mandatory: name=[listed in the
 	asdf install ${name} $(or ${version},)
 
 _install-dependencies: # Install all the dependencies listed in .tool-versions
-	for plugin in $$(grep ^[a-z] .tool-versions | sed 's/[[:space:]].*//'); do
+	for plugin in $$(grep '^[a-z]' .tool-versions | cut -f1 -d' '); do \
+		echo "Installing $${plugin}..."; \
 		make _install-dependency name="$${plugin}"
 	done