diff --git a/src/components/Discover/index.tsx b/src/components/Discover/index.tsx
index 5832fdef8..bc724830e 100644
--- a/src/components/Discover/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Discover/index.tsx
@@ -104,11 +104,7 @@ const Discover = () => {
         placeholder={<RequestCard.Placeholder />}
         emptyMessage={intl.formatMessage(messages.noRequests)}
       />
-      {!(
-        !!watchlistItems &&
-        !watchlistError &&
-        watchlistItems.results.length === 0
-      ) && (
+      {(!watchlistItems || !!watchlistItems.results.length) && !watchlistError && (
         <>
           <div className="slider-header">
             <Link href="/discover/watchlist">
@@ -121,11 +117,6 @@ const Discover = () => {
           <Slider
             sliderKey="watchlist"
             isLoading={!watchlistItems && !watchlistError}
-            isEmpty={
-              !!watchlistItems &&
-              !watchlistError &&
-              watchlistItems.results.length === 0
-            }
             items={watchlistItems?.results.map((item) => (
               <TmdbTitleCard
                 id={item.tmdbId}
diff --git a/src/components/Slider/index.tsx b/src/components/Slider/index.tsx
index 90e62f04c..0458550e9 100644
--- a/src/components/Slider/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Slider/index.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ interface SliderProps {
   sliderKey: string;
   items?: JSX.Element[];
   isLoading: boolean;
-  isEmpty: boolean;
+  isEmpty?: boolean;
   emptyMessage?: string;
   placeholder?: React.ReactNode;
 }
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const Slider = ({
   sliderKey,
   items,
   isLoading,
-  isEmpty,
+  isEmpty = false,
   emptyMessage,
   placeholder = <TitleCard.Placeholder />,
 }: SliderProps) => {