homepage in php on site

I’m trying to add a layerslider to the homepage only and it’s not seeming to work. Any help would be appreciated.

I am adding this code

<?php if(is_front_page()) : ?>
<?php layerslider(1) ?>			
<?php endif; ?>

to the page.php onto line 18 (right under this line:

do_action( 'ava_after_main_title' );
	 ?>

it completely breaks the site from that point down though. If i just say

<?php if(is_front_page()) : ?>
hi there		
<?php endif; ?>

the “hi there” loads exactly where i want it to.

What is going on?