diff --git a/ios/Sources/GutenbergKit/Sources/Services/EditorService.swift b/ios/Sources/GutenbergKit/Sources/Services/EditorService.swift
index c761d720..1a902dff 100644
--- a/ios/Sources/GutenbergKit/Sources/Services/EditorService.swift
+++ b/ios/Sources/GutenbergKit/Sources/Services/EditorService.swift
@@ -119,15 +119,22 @@ public actor EditorService {
         self.progress = EditorProgress(completed: 1, total: 100)
         self.progressCallback = progress
 
+        // Automatically clean up old asset bundles.
+        // Cleanup errors are intentionally ignored so that the download process
+        // continues uninterrupted. Failures are expected when running for the
+        // first time, since the storage directories may not yet exist.
+        await onceEvery(.seconds(86_400)) {
+            do {
+                try await self.cleanup()
+            } catch {
+                log(.warn, "Failed to cleanup old asset bundles: \(error)")
+            }
+        }
+
         async let settings = try prepareEditorSettings()
         async let assetBundle = try self.prepareAssetBundle()
         async let preloadList = try preparePreloadList()
 
-        // Automatically clean up old asset bundles
-        try await onceEvery(.seconds(86_400)) {
-            try await self.cleanup()
-        }
-
         return try await EditorDependencies(
             editorSettings: settings,
             assetBundle: assetBundle,