diff --git a/components/ContentType/StartPage/index.tsx b/components/ContentType/StartPage/index.tsx
index 01e174ecd..65769149d 100644
--- a/components/ContentType/StartPage/index.tsx
+++ b/components/ContentType/StartPage/index.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default async function StartPage() {
         ) : null}
       </header>
       <main className={styles.main}>
-        {(blocks || []).map((block, index) => {
+        {blocks.map((block, index) => {
           if (block.typename === BlocksEnums.block.FullWidthCampaign) {
             return (
               <FullWidthCampaign
diff --git a/server/routers/contentstack/startPage/output.ts b/server/routers/contentstack/startPage/output.ts
index e0372230e..3a330ab0d 100644
--- a/server/routers/contentstack/startPage/output.ts
+++ b/server/routers/contentstack/startPage/output.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ export const startPageSchema = z.object({
       heading: z.string(),
       hero_image: tempImageVaultAssetSchema,
     }),
-    blocks: discriminatedUnionArray(blocksSchema.options).nullable(),
+    blocks: discriminatedUnionArray(blocksSchema.options)
+      .nullable()
+      .transform((val) => val || []),
     system: systemSchema.merge(
       z.object({
         created_at: z.string(),
diff --git a/server/routers/contentstack/startPage/query.ts b/server/routers/contentstack/startPage/query.ts
index 14933cf81..20135b6fa 100644
--- a/server/routers/contentstack/startPage/query.ts
+++ b/server/routers/contentstack/startPage/query.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export const startPageQueryRouter = router({
     return {
       startPage: {
         ...startPage.data.start_page,
-        blocks: startPage.data.start_page.blocks?.filter((block) => {
+        blocks: startPage.data.start_page.blocks.filter((block) => {
           if (
             block.typename === BlocksEnums.block.JoinScandicFriends &&
             session