diff --git a/ios/MullvadVPN/AppDelegate.swift b/ios/MullvadVPN/AppDelegate.swift
index 5bd73b1d52b4..4bbbff665765 100644
--- a/ios/MullvadVPN/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/ios/MullvadVPN/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -434,12 +434,11 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate, UNUserNotificationCenterD
     }
 
     private func getInitTunnelManagerOperation() -> AsyncBlockOperation {
+        // This operation is always treated as successful no matter what the configuration load yields.
+        // If the tunnel settings or device state can't be read, we simply pretend they are not there
+        // and leave user in logged out state. VPN config will be removed as well.
         AsyncBlockOperation(dispatchQueue: .main) { finish in
-            self.tunnelManager.loadConfiguration { error in
-                if let error {
-                    fatalError(error.localizedDescription)
-                }
-
+            self.tunnelManager.loadConfiguration {
                 self.logger.debug("Finished initialization.")
 
                 NotificationManager.shared.updateNotifications()
diff --git a/ios/MullvadVPN/TunnelManager/TunnelManager.swift b/ios/MullvadVPN/TunnelManager/TunnelManager.swift
index 40ae1a1160ab..260a2edd7e2f 100644
--- a/ios/MullvadVPN/TunnelManager/TunnelManager.swift
+++ b/ios/MullvadVPN/TunnelManager/TunnelManager.swift
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ final class TunnelManager: StorePaymentObserver {
 
     // MARK: - Public methods
 
-    func loadConfiguration(completionHandler: @escaping (Error?) -> Void) {
+    func loadConfiguration(completionHandler: @escaping () -> Void) {
         let loadTunnelOperation = LoadTunnelConfigurationOperation(
             dispatchQueue: internalQueue,
             interactor: TunnelInteractorProxy(self)
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ final class TunnelManager: StorePaymentObserver {
             self.updatePrivateKeyRotationTimer()
             self.startNetworkMonitor()
 
-            completionHandler(completion.error)
+            completionHandler()
         }
 
         loadTunnelOperation.addObserver(