diff --git a/example/src/App.tsx b/example/src/App.tsx
index d5929d4..0b92335 100644
--- a/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react';
-import { StyleSheet, View, Image } from 'react-native';
+import { StyleSheet, View, Image, Dimensions } from 'react-native';
 import Carousel from '@r0b0t3d/react-native-carousel';
 
 const data = [
@@ -58,16 +58,18 @@ const data = [
   },
 ];
 
+const { width } = Dimensions.get('window');
+
 export default function App() {
   return (
     <View style={styles.container}>
       <Carousel
         style={{ height: 200 }}
         data={data}
-        loop
-        autoPlay
+        loop={false}
+        autoPlay={false}
         duration={3000}
-        animation="parallax"
+        itemWidth={width - 50}
         renderImage={(item) => {
           return (
             <Image
diff --git a/src/components/Carousel.tsx b/src/components/Carousel.tsx
index 91f28fe..a3e054b 100644
--- a/src/components/Carousel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Carousel.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import React, {
   Ref,
   useMemo,
 } from 'react';
-import { View, Dimensions, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
+import { View, Dimensions, StyleSheet, Platform } from 'react-native';
 import { useInterval } from '@r0b0t3d/react-native-hooks';
 import Animated, {
   useSharedValue,
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ function Carousel(
     useIndicator = true,
     animation,
     sliderWidth = wWidth,
+    itemWidth = wWidth,
+    firstItemAlignment = 'center',
     indicatorContainerStyle,
     renderIndicator,
     renderImage,
@@ -64,9 +66,8 @@ function Carousel(
 
   const refreshPage = useCallback(
     (e) => {
-      const viewSize = e.layoutMeasurement;
       // Divide the horizontal offset by the width of the view to see which page is visible
-      const page = e.contentOffset.x / viewSize.width;
+      const page = e.contentOffset.x / itemWidth;
       const leftPage = Math.round(page);
       const rightPage = leftPage + 1;
       const diff = 0.2;
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ function Carousel(
       } else if (rightPage - page <= diff) {
         pageNum = rightPage;
       }
+      console.log('refreshPage', pageNum, currentPage);
       if (pageNum !== currentPage) {
         if (expectedPosition.current === pageNum) {
           freeze.value = false;
@@ -100,6 +102,8 @@ function Carousel(
 
   const handleScrollTo = useCallback(
     (page: number, animated = true) => {
+      console.log('handleScrollTo', page);
+
       const to = page * sliderWidth;
       if (getRef()) {
         getRef().scrollTo({ x: to, y: 0, animated });
@@ -109,10 +113,12 @@ function Carousel(
   );
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      handleScrollTo(currentPage, false);
-      freeze.value = false;
-    });
+    if (currentPage !== 0) {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        handleScrollTo(currentPage, false);
+        freeze.value = false;
+      });
+    }
   }, []);
 
   const jumpTo = useCallback(
@@ -199,11 +205,28 @@ function Carousel(
         style={styles.container}
         horizontal
         showsHorizontalScrollIndicator={false}
-        pagingEnabled
-        scrollEventThrottle={16}
+        snapToInterval={itemWidth}
+        snapToAlignment={'center'}
         decelerationRate="fast"
+        scrollEventThrottle={16}
         onScroll={scrollHandler}
         bounces={false}
+        // iOS ONLY
+        contentInset={
+          firstItemAlignment === 'center'
+            ? {
+                top: 0,
+                left: (sliderWidth - itemWidth) / 2, // Left spacing for the very first card
+                bottom: 0,
+                right: (sliderWidth - itemWidth) / 2, // Right spacing for the very last card
+              }
+            : {}
+        }
+        contentContainerStyle={{
+          // contentInset alternative for Android
+          paddingHorizontal:
+            Platform.OS === 'android' ? (sliderWidth - itemWidth) / 2 : 0, // Horizontal spacing before and after the ScrollView
+        }}
         {...{ scrollViewProps }}
       >
         {pageItems.map((item, i) => (
@@ -211,6 +234,7 @@ function Carousel(
             key={`${item.id}-${i}`}
             item={item}
             index={i}
+            itemWidth={itemWidth}
             animatedValue={animatedScroll}
             animation={animation}
             renderImage={renderImage}
diff --git a/src/components/PageItem.tsx b/src/components/PageItem.tsx
index 818d3bc..bad0030 100644
--- a/src/components/PageItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PageItem.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { Dimensions, Image, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
+import { Image, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
 import type Animated from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import { withParallax } from '../animators/parrallax';
 import type { CarouselData } from '../types';
 
-const { width: wWidth } = Dimensions.get('window');
-
 type Props = {
   item: CarouselData;
   index: number;
@@ -14,6 +12,7 @@ type Props = {
   animatedValue: Animated.SharedValue<number>;
   animation?: 'parallax';
   freeze: Animated.SharedValue<boolean>;
+  itemWidth: number;
 };
 
 export default function PageItem({
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ export default function PageItem({
   animatedValue,
   animation,
   freeze,
+  itemWidth,
 }: Props) {
   function renderContent() {
     if (renderImage) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export default function PageItem({
     <View
       collapsable={false}
       style={{
-        width: wWidth,
+        width: itemWidth,
         overflow: 'hidden',
         backgroundColor: 'black',
       }}
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 41f6ca6..9912368 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ export type CarouselProps = {
   indicatorContainerStyle?: StyleProp<ViewStyle>;
   animation?: 'parallax';
   sliderWidth?: number;
+  itemWidth?: number;
+  firstItemAlignment?: 'start' | 'center'
   renderIndicator?: (props: {
     selected: boolean;
     index: number;