diff --git a/src/app/shared/cms/components/cms-carousel/cms-carousel.component.html b/src/app/shared/cms/components/cms-carousel/cms-carousel.component.html
index 365ab6c19c..98e9890940 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/cms/components/cms-carousel/cms-carousel.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/cms/components/cms-carousel/cms-carousel.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       <ngb-carousel
         #ngbCarousel
         [interval]="0"
-        [showNavigationArrows]="pageletSlides.length > 1"
+        [showNavigationArrows]="pageletSlides?.length > 1"
         [showNavigationIndicators]="pagelet.booleanParam('ShowIndicators')"
       >
         <ng-template ngbSlide *ngFor="let slidePagelets of pageletSlides">
diff --git a/src/app/shared/cms/components/cms-carousel/cms-carousel.component.ts b/src/app/shared/cms/components/cms-carousel/cms-carousel.component.ts
index c32bfd9e1b..d2e6c32934 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/cms/components/cms-carousel/cms-carousel.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/cms/components/cms-carousel/cms-carousel.component.ts
@@ -43,19 +43,21 @@ export class CMSCarouselComponent implements CMSComponent, OnChanges, OnDestroy
     const slotPagelets = this.pagelet.slot('app_sf_base_cm:slot.carousel.items.pagelet2-Slot').pageletIDs;
     this.pageletSlides = arraySlices(slotPagelets, this.slideItems);
 
-    this.appRef.isStable
-      .pipe(
-        whenTruthy(),
-        map(() => (this.pagelet.booleanParam('StartCycling') ? this.pagelet.numberParam('SlideInterval', 5000) : 0)),
-        take(1),
-        takeUntil(this.destroy$)
-      )
-      .subscribe(val => {
-        if (val) {
-          this.carousel.interval = val;
-          this.carousel.cycle();
-        }
-      });
+    if (!SSR) {
+      this.appRef.isStable
+        .pipe(
+          whenTruthy(),
+          map(() => (this.pagelet.booleanParam('StartCycling') ? this.pagelet.numberParam('SlideInterval', 5000) : 0)),
+          take(1),
+          takeUntil(this.destroy$)
+        )
+        .subscribe(val => {
+          if (val && this.carousel) {
+            this.carousel.interval = val;
+            this.carousel.cycle();
+          }
+        });
+    }
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {