diff --git a/net/web/src/carousel/Carousel.jsx b/net/web/src/carousel/Carousel.jsx
index 15ca6837..718d6854 100644
--- a/net/web/src/carousel/Carousel.jsx
+++ b/net/web/src/carousel/Carousel.jsx
@@ -4,72 +4,10 @@ import { CarouselWrapper } from './Carousel.styled';
 import { RightOutlined, LeftOutlined, CloseOutlined, PictureOutlined, FireOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
 import ReactResizeDetector from 'react-resize-detector';
 
-export function Carousel({ pad, ready, error, items, itemRenderer, itemRemove }) {
+export function Carousel({ pad, items, itemRenderer, itemRemove }) {
   const [slots, setSlots] = useState([]);
-  const [padClass, setPadClass] = useState('');
-  const [carouselRef, setCarouselRef] = useState(false);
-  const [itemIndex, setItemIndex] = useState(0);
-  const [scrollLeft, setScrollLeft] = useState('hidden');
-  const [scrollRight, setScrollRight] = useState('hidden');
-  const FUDGE = 1;
 
   let carousel = useRef();
-  let itemWidth = useRef(new Map());
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setScroll('smooth');
-    setArrows();
-  }, [itemIndex, items]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setScroll('auto');
-  }, [carouselRef]);
-
-  const updateItemIndex = (val) => {
-    setItemIndex((i) => {
-      if (i + val < 0) {
-        return 0;
-      }
-      return i + val;
-    })
-  }
-
-  const onLeft = () => {
-    if (itemIndex > 0) {
-      updateItemIndex(-1);
-    }
-  }
-
-  const onRight = () => {
-    if(itemIndex + 1 < items.length) {
-      updateItemIndex(+1);
-    }
-  }
-
-  const setScroll = (behavior) => {
-    let pos = FUDGE;
-    for (let i = 0; i < itemIndex; i++) {
-      pos += itemWidth.current.get(i) + 32;
-    }
-    if (carousel.current) {
-      carousel.current.scrollTo({ top: 0, left: pos, behavior });
-    }
-  }
-
-  const setArrows = () => {
-    if (itemIndex == 0) {
-      setScrollLeft('hidden');
-    }
-    else {
-      setScrollLeft('unset');
-    }
-    if (itemIndex + 1 >= items.length) {
-      setScrollRight('hidden');
-    }
-    else {
-      setScrollRight('unset');
-    }
-  }
 
   const RemoveItem = ({ index }) => {
     if (itemRemove) {
@@ -80,68 +18,31 @@ export function Carousel({ pad, ready, error, items, itemRenderer, itemRemove })
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let assets = [];
-    if (ready) {
-      for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
-        assets.push((
-          <ReactResizeDetector handleWidth={true} handleHeight={false}>
-            {({ width, height }) => {
-              itemWidth.current.set(i, width);
-              return (
-                <div class="item noselect">
-                  <div class="asset">{ itemRenderer(items[i], i) }</div>
-                  <RemoveItem index={i} />
-                </div>
-              );
-            }}
-          </ReactResizeDetector>
-        ));
-      }
-      if (items.length > 0) {
-        assets.push(<div class="space">&nbsp;</div>)
-      }
-      if (itemIndex >= items.length) {
-        if (items.length > 0) {
-          setItemIndex(items.length - 1);
-        }
-        else {
-          setItemIndex(0);
-        }
-      }
+    for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+      assets.push((
+        <ReactResizeDetector handleWidth={true} handleHeight={false}>
+          {({ width, height }) => {
+            return (
+              <div class="item noselect">
+                <div class="asset">{ itemRenderer(items[i], i) }</div>
+                <RemoveItem index={i} />
+              </div>
+            );
+          }}
+        </ReactResizeDetector>
+      ));
+    }
+    if (items.length > 0) {
+      assets.push(<div class="space"></div>)
     }
-    
     setSlots(assets);
-    setScroll();
-    setArrows();
-  }, [ready, items]);
-
-  const onRefSet = (r) => {
-    if (r != null) {
-      carousel.current = r;
-      setCarouselRef(true);
-    }
-  }
+  }, [items]);
 
   return (
     <CarouselWrapper>
-      { error && (
-        <div class="status">
-          <FireOutlined style={{ fontSize: 32, color: '#ff8888' }} />
-        </div>
-      )}
-      { !ready && !error && (
-        <div class="status">
-          <PictureOutlined style={{ fontSize: 32 }} />
-        </div>
-      )}
-      { ready && !error && (
-        <>
-          <div class="carousel" style={{ paddingLeft: pad + 32 }} ref={onRefSet}>
-            {slots}
-          </div>
-          <div class="left-arrow" onClick={onRight} style={{ marginLeft: pad, visibility: scrollRight }}><LeftOutlined /></div>
-          <div class="right-arrow" onClick={onLeft} style={{ visibility: scrollLeft }}><RightOutlined /></div>
-        </>
-      )}
+      <div class="carousel" style={{ paddingLeft: pad + 32 }} ref={carousel}>
+        {slots}
+      </div>
     </CarouselWrapper>
   );
 }
diff --git a/net/web/src/carousel/Carousel.styled.js b/net/web/src/carousel/Carousel.styled.js
index 5c511b49..cd44cd1f 100644
--- a/net/web/src/carousel/Carousel.styled.js
+++ b/net/web/src/carousel/Carousel.styled.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const CarouselWrapper = styled.div`
     flex-direction: row;
     padding-left: 32px;
     width: 100%;
-    overflow: hidden;
+    overflow: auto;
 
     /* hide scrollbar for IE, Edge and Firefox */
     -ms-overflow-style: none;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export const CarouselWrapper = styled.div`
 
   .space {
     height: 128px;
-    padding-left: 100%;
+    padding-left: 32px;
   }
 
   .object {
diff --git a/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/AddTopic.jsx b/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/AddTopic.jsx
index 2a5a3bb9..6f87d910 100644
--- a/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/AddTopic.jsx
+++ b/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/AddTopic.jsx
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export function AddTopic({ cardId, channelId }) {
 
   const renderItem = (item, index) => {
     if (item.image) {
-      return <img style={{ height: '100%', objectFit: 'contain' }} src={item.url} alt="" />
+      return <img style={{ height: 128, objectFit: 'contain' }} src={item.url} alt="" />
     }
     if (item.audio) {
       return <AudioFile onLabel={(label) => actions.setLabel(index, label)}/>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export function AddTopic({ cardId, channelId }) {
       <input type='file' name="asset" accept="video/*" ref={attachVideo} onChange={e => onSelectVideo(e)} style={{display: 'none'}}/>
       { state.assets.length > 0 && (
         <div class="assets">
-          <Carousel pad={0} ready={true} items={state.assets} itemRenderer={renderItem} itemRemove={removeItem} />
+          <Carousel pad={32} items={state.assets} itemRenderer={renderItem} itemRemove={removeItem} />
         </div>
       )}
       <div class="message">
diff --git a/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/AddTopic.styled.js b/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/AddTopic.styled.js
index e5ee989d..35a7dd9f 100644
--- a/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/AddTopic.styled.js
+++ b/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/AddTopic.styled.js
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ export const AddTopicWrapper = styled.div`
   }
 
   .assets {
-    padding-top: 8px;
+    margin-top: 8px;
+    height: 128px;
+    overflow: auto;
   }
 
   .buttons {
diff --git a/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/videoFile/VideoFile.jsx b/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/videoFile/VideoFile.jsx
index 4b306130..dfb4ae48 100644
--- a/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/videoFile/VideoFile.jsx
+++ b/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/videoFile/VideoFile.jsx
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ export function VideoFile({ url, onPosition }) {
         }}
       </ReactResizeDetector>
       <div class="overlay" style={{ width: state.width, height: state.height }}>
-        <div class="arrows">
-          <div class="left-arrow">
+        <div class="seek">
+          <div class="left-seek">
             <div class="icon" onClick={() => onSeek(-1)}>
               <LeftOutlined style={{ fontSize: 32, color: '#eeeeee' }} />
             </div>
           </div>
-          <div class="right-arrow">
+          <div class="right-seek">
             <div class="icon" onClick={() => onSeek(1)}>
               <RightOutlined style={{ fontSize: 32, color: '#eeeeee' }} />
             </div>
diff --git a/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/videoFile/VideoFile.styled.js b/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/videoFile/VideoFile.styled.js
index 1126183f..84deeab6 100644
--- a/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/videoFile/VideoFile.styled.js
+++ b/net/web/src/session/conversation/addTopic/videoFile/VideoFile.styled.js
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ export const VideoFileWrapper = styled.div`
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
 
-    .arrows {
+    .seek {
       width: 100%;
       display: flex;
       flex-direction: row;
       align-items: center;
 
-      .left-arrow {
+      .left-seek {
         width: 50%;
         display: flex;
         justify-content: flex-begin;
       }
 
-      .right-arrow {
+      .right-seek {
         width: 50%;
         display: flex;
         justify-content: flex-end;
diff --git a/net/web/src/session/conversation/topicItem/TopicItem.jsx b/net/web/src/session/conversation/topicItem/TopicItem.jsx
index 5cec40ca..ca3164fb 100644
--- a/net/web/src/session/conversation/topicItem/TopicItem.jsx
+++ b/net/web/src/session/conversation/topicItem/TopicItem.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { AudioAsset } from './audioAsset/AudioAsset';
 import { ImageAsset } from './imageAsset/ImageAsset';
 import { Logo } from 'logo/Logo';
 import { Space, Skeleton, Button, Modal, Input } from 'antd';
-import { ExclamationCircleOutlined, DeleteOutlined, EditOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
+import { ExclamationCircleOutlined, DeleteOutlined, EditOutlined, FireOutlined, PictureOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
 import { Carousel } from 'carousel/Carousel';
 
 export function TopicItem({ host, topic }) {
@@ -116,9 +116,19 @@ export function TopicItem({ host, topic }) {
       )}
       { state.confirmed && (
         <div>
-          { state.assets.length > 0 && (
+          { state.error && (
+            <div class="asset-placeholder">
+              <FireOutlined style={{ fontSize: 32, color: '#ff8888' }} />
+            </div>
+          )}
+          { !state.error && !state.ready && (
+            <div class="asset-placeholder">
+              <PictureOutlined style={{ fontSize: 32 }} />
+            </div>
+          )}
+          { !state.error && state.ready && state.assets.length > 0 && (
             <div class="topic-assets">
-              <Carousel pad={40} ready={state.ready} error={state.error} items={state.assets} itemRenderer={renderAsset} />
+              <Carousel pad={40} items={state.assets} itemRenderer={renderAsset} />
             </div>
           )}
           <div class="message">
diff --git a/net/web/src/session/conversation/topicItem/TopicItem.styled.js b/net/web/src/session/conversation/topicItem/TopicItem.styled.js
index df70771c..b8fcc3e4 100644
--- a/net/web/src/session/conversation/topicItem/TopicItem.styled.js
+++ b/net/web/src/session/conversation/topicItem/TopicItem.styled.js
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ export const TopicItemWrapper = styled.div`
     }
   }
 
+  .asset-placeholder {
+    width: 128px;
+    height: 128px;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    background-color: #eeeeee;
+    color: #888888;
+    margin-left: 72px;
+  }
+
   .topic-assets {
     padding-top: 4px;
   }