diff --git a/src/components/Carousel.tsx b/src/components/Carousel.tsx
index 4d279970..febdd03c 100644
--- a/src/components/Carousel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Carousel.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { computedRealIndexWithAutoFillData } from "../utils/computed-with-auto-f
 
 const Carousel = React.forwardRef<ICarouselInstance, TCarouselProps<any>>(
   (_props, ref) => {
+    const [containerWidth, setContainerWidth] = React.useState(0);
     const props = useInitProps(_props);
 
     const {
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ const Carousel = React.forwardRef<ICarouselInstance, TCarouselProps<any>>(
       duration: scrollAnimationDuration,
       onScrollEnd: () => runOnJS(_onScrollEnd)(),
       onScrollStart: () => !!onScrollStart && runOnJS(onScrollStart)(),
+      containerWidth,
+      overscrollEnabled: props.overscrollEnabled,
     });
 
     const { next, prev, scrollTo, getSharedIndex, getCurrentIndex }
@@ -155,7 +158,12 @@ const Carousel = React.forwardRef<ICarouselInstance, TCarouselProps<any>>(
     const layoutConfig = useLayoutConfig({ ...props, size });
 
     return (
-      <GestureHandlerRootView>
+      <GestureHandlerRootView
+        onLayout={(event) => {
+          const { width } = event.nativeEvent.layout;
+          setContainerWidth(width);
+        }}
+      >
         <CTX.Provider value={{ props, common: commonVariables }}>
           <ScrollViewGesture
             key={mode}
diff --git a/src/hooks/useCarouselController.tsx b/src/hooks/useCarouselController.tsx
index a46a544d..3e9b6d03 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useCarouselController.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useCarouselController.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ interface IOpts {
   defaultIndex?: number
   onScrollStart?: () => void
   onScrollEnd?: () => void
+  containerWidth: number
+  overscrollEnabled?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface ICarouselController {
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ export function useCarouselController(options: IOpts): ICarouselController {
     duration,
     autoFillData,
     fixedDirection,
+    containerWidth,
+    overscrollEnabled,
   } = options;
 
   const dataInfo = React.useMemo(
@@ -177,15 +181,16 @@ export function useCarouselController(options: IOpts): ICarouselController {
 
       const nextPage = currentFixedPage() + count;
       index.value = nextPage;
+      let value = -nextPage * size;
+      if (!loop && !overscrollEnabled) {
+        value = Math.max(value, -(dataLength * size - containerWidth));
+      }
 
       if (animated) {
-        handlerOffset.value = scrollWithTiming(
-          -nextPage * size,
-          onFinished,
-        ) as any;
+        handlerOffset.value = scrollWithTiming(value, onFinished) as any;
       }
       else {
-        handlerOffset.value = -nextPage * size;
+        handlerOffset.value = value;
         onFinished?.();
       }
     },
@@ -205,21 +210,31 @@ export function useCarouselController(options: IOpts): ICarouselController {
   const prev = React.useCallback(
     (opts: TCarouselActionOptions = {}) => {
       const { count = 1, animated = true, onFinished } = opts;
-      if (!canSliding() || (!loop && index.value <= 0)) return;
+      /* Checking handlerOffset.value === 0 because if going to the next item doesn't
+         clear the first element (can happen if overscrollEnabled = false), then we wouldn't 
+         be allowed to go to the previous item
+      */
+      if (!canSliding() || (!loop && index.value <= 0 && handlerOffset.value === 0)) return;
 
       onScrollStart?.();
 
       const prevPage = currentFixedPage() - count;
       index.value = prevPage;
 
+      let value = -prevPage * size;
+      // Avoid overscrolling the first item
+      if(!loop && value > 0){
+        value = 0
+      }
+
       if (animated) {
         handlerOffset.value = scrollWithTiming(
-          -prevPage * size,
+          value,
           onFinished,
         );
       }
       else {
-        handlerOffset.value = -prevPage * size;
+        handlerOffset.value = value;
         onFinished?.();
       }
     },