diff --git a/components/Blocks/JoinScandicFriends/index.tsx b/components/Blocks/JoinScandicFriends/index.tsx
index 3f0708bf9..30dc87e7a 100644
--- a/components/Blocks/JoinScandicFriends/index.tsx
+++ b/components/Blocks/JoinScandicFriends/index.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { getProfileSafely } from "@/lib/trpc/memoizedRequests"
+
 import { SurpriseIcon } from "@/components/Icons"
 import Image from "@/components/Image"
 import Button from "@/components/TempDesignSystem/Button"
@@ -15,9 +17,14 @@ interface JoinScandicFriendsProps {
   content: JoinScandicFriends
 }
 
-export default function JoinScandicFriends({
+export default async function JoinScandicFriends({
   content,
 }: JoinScandicFriendsProps) {
+  const session = await getProfileSafely()
+  if (session) {
+    return null
+  }
+
   const { show_header, show_usp, usp, primary_button } = content
 
   return (
diff --git a/components/Blocks/index.tsx b/components/Blocks/index.tsx
index f0a5acf37..35037f803 100644
--- a/components/Blocks/index.tsx
+++ b/components/Blocks/index.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Suspense } from "react"
+
 import CardsGrid from "@/components/Blocks/CardsGrid"
 import CarouselCards from "@/components/Blocks/CarouselCards"
 import DynamicContent from "@/components/Blocks/DynamicContent"
@@ -106,7 +108,11 @@ export default function Blocks({ blocks }: BlocksProps) {
       case BlocksEnums.block.FullWidthCampaign:
         return <FullWidthCampaign content={block.full_width_campaign} />
       case BlocksEnums.block.JoinScandicFriends:
-        return <JoinScandicFriends content={block.join_scandic_friends} />
+        return (
+          <Suspense>
+            <JoinScandicFriends content={block.join_scandic_friends} />
+          </Suspense>
+        )
       default:
         return null
     }
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/components/ContentType/StartPage/startPage.module.css b/components/ContentType/StartPage/startPage.module.css
index 3116430fc..d73244aa3 100644
--- a/components/ContentType/StartPage/startPage.module.css
+++ b/components/ContentType/StartPage/startPage.module.css
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
   }
 }
 
+.section:empty {
+  display: none;
+}
+
 .section {
   margin-left: auto;
   margin-right: auto;
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(),