Get Handler for further usage

This thing isn't documented I guess. I was trying to get carousel handler and use it for my custom widget.
Here's the code
`jQuery( window ).on( 'elementor/frontend/init', () => {
const addHandler = ( $element ) => {
elementorFrontend.elementsHandler.addHandler( elementorFrontend.elementsHandler.getHandlers('image-carousel.default'), {
$element,
} );
};
elementorFrontend.hooks.addAction( 'frontend/element_ready/locations_carousel.default', addHandler );
} );`

The thing is that $element comes as a child element of $element ( $element.$element ) for some reason. And as a result I'm getting an error
> Uncaught TypeError: options.$element.data is not a function at module.exports.addHandler (frontend.js?ver=2.7.5:5444)

Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong?