diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/start/start.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/start/start.component.html
index e53692837..0f65bb412 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/start/start.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/start/start.component.html
@@ -35,4 +35,10 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 
+<ng-container *serverOnly>
+  <!-- disgusting hack to apply an initial scroll to server-side rendered blockchain bar -->
+  <img *ngIf="!stateService.isLiquid()" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="pixel" style="visibility: hidden; position: absolute;" onload="(() => { const b = document.getElementById('blockchain-container'); const d = document.getElementById('divider'); if (b && d) { b.scrollLeft = d.getBoundingClientRect().x - (window.innerWidth * (window.innerWidth >= 768 ? 0.5 : 0.95)); }})()">
+  <img *ngIf="stateService.isLiquid()" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="pixel" style="visibility: hidden; position: absolute;" onload="(() => { const b = document.getElementById('blockchain-container'); const d = document.getElementById('divider'); if (b && d) { b.scrollLeft = d.getBoundingClientRect().x - (window.innerWidth >= 768 ? 420 : (window.innerWidth * 0.5)); }})()">
+</ng-container>
+
 <router-outlet></router-outlet>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/start/start.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/start/start.component.ts
index 3f28891e2..d8a667a28 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/start/start.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/start/start.component.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class StartComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewChecked, OnDestroy {
   hasMenu = false;
 
   constructor(
-    private stateService: StateService,
+    public stateService: StateService,
     private cd: ChangeDetectorRef,
   ) {
     this.isiOS = ['iPhone','iPod','iPad'].includes((navigator as any)?.userAgentData?.platform || navigator.platform);
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/shared/directives/server-only.directive.ts b/frontend/src/app/shared/directives/server-only.directive.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd853d812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/shared/directives/server-only.directive.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { Directive, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, Inject, PLATFORM_ID } from '@angular/core';
+import { isPlatformServer } from '@angular/common';
+
+@Directive({
+  selector: '[serverOnly]'
+})
+export class ServerOnlyDirective {
+  constructor(
+    private templateRef: TemplateRef<any>,
+    private viewContainer: ViewContainerRef,
+    @Inject(PLATFORM_ID) private platformId: Object
+  ) {
+    if (isPlatformServer(this.platformId)) {
+      this.viewContainer.createEmbeddedView(this.templateRef);
+    } else {
+      this.viewContainer.clear();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/frontend/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index 53a5beba5..cdf08635c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { LanguageSelectorComponent } from '../components/language-selector/langu
 import { FiatSelectorComponent } from '../components/fiat-selector/fiat-selector.component';
 import { RateUnitSelectorComponent } from '../components/rate-unit-selector/rate-unit-selector.component';
 import { BrowserOnlyDirective } from './directives/browser-only.directive';
+import { ServerOnlyDirective } from './directives/server-only.directive';
 import { ColoredPriceDirective } from './directives/colored-price.directive';
 import { NoSanitizePipe } from './pipes/no-sanitize.pipe';
 import { MempoolBlocksComponent } from '../components/mempool-blocks/mempool-blocks.component';
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ import { OnlyVsizeDirective, OnlyWeightDirective } from './components/weight-dir
     FiatCurrencyPipe,
     ColoredPriceDirective,
     BrowserOnlyDirective,
+    ServerOnlyDirective,
     BlockchainComponent,
     BlockViewComponent,
     EightBlocksComponent,
@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@ import { OnlyVsizeDirective, OnlyWeightDirective } from './components/weight-dir
     FeeRoundingPipe,
     ColoredPriceDirective,
     BrowserOnlyDirective,
+    ServerOnlyDirective,
     NoSanitizePipe,
     BlockchainComponent,
     MempoolBlocksComponent,