diff --git a/static/js/scripts.js b/static/js/scripts.js
index dd999d4..9e9b100 100644
--- a/static/js/scripts.js
+++ b/static/js/scripts.js
@@ -80,9 +80,16 @@ jQuery(function ($) {
     }());
 
 
-    // testimonialSlider block removed — used flexslider for a widget that
-    // does not exist in this rebuild. Hero carousel and employees carousel
-    // are both Bootstrap-3, initialized via data-ride="carousel".
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Bootstrap carousel — explicit init (data-ride auto-init is
+    // data-api based and was flaky on this custom Bootstrap-3 build
+    // once the flexslider script was removed).
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------
+    $('.carousel').carousel({
+        interval: 5000,
+        pause: 'hover',
+        wrap: true
+    });
 
 }); // JQuery end