Expected behavior Datepicker opens quickly

Actual behavior Takes ages when using the default options provider, using code straight from documentation

Resources (screenshots, code snippets etc.)

App.Module.ts

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { MDBBootstrapModulesPro, MDB_DATE_OPTIONS } from 'ng-uikit-pro-standard';
import { MDBSpinningPreloader } from 'ng-uikit-pro-standard';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';

@NgModule({
    declarations: [
        AppComponent
    ],
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        FormsModule,
        MDBBootstrapModulesPro.forRoot(),
    ],
   providers: [MDBSpinningPreloader,
    {
      provide: MDB_DATE_OPTIONS, 
      useValue: {
          // Year limits
          minYear: 2019,
          maxYear: 9999,

          // Show Today button
          showTodayBtn: true,

          // Show Clear date button
          showClearDateBtn: true,

          markCurrentDay: true,
          markWeekends: undefined,
          disableHeaderButtons: false,
          showWeekNumbers: false,
          height: '100px',
          width: '50%',
          selectionTxtFontSize: '15px'
      }
  },],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

App.Component.Html

<div class="container form-group">
  <div class="row form-row">
    <div class="col-6">
      <div class="md-form">
        <mdb-date-picker name="startDatepicker" [inline]="true" [selDate]="todaysDate.toISOString()" [ngModel]="date1"
      (ngModelChange)="date1 = $event;" [options]="{}" [placeholder]="'Start Date'"
      required></mdb-date-picker>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="col-6">
      <div class="md-form">
        <mdb-date-picker [(ngModel)]="date2"></mdb-date-picker>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

App.Component.ts

  import { Component } from '@angular/core';

  @Component({
      selector: 'app-root',
      templateUrl: './app.component.html',
      styleUrls: ['./app.component.scss']
  })
  export class AppComponent {
    title = 'MDBDatePickerInconsistencies';
    todaysDate = new Date()
    date1;
    date2;
  }