diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 900630bb2f69..b787df76a1e7 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 26.5
 -----
 * [*] Add "Access" section to "Post Settings" [#24942]
+* [*] Fix rare crash on launch when new editor is enabled [#24944]
 
 26.4
 -----
diff --git a/Sources/WordPressData/Swift/NSManagedObject.swift b/Sources/WordPressData/Swift/NSManagedObject.swift
index bb9c36ec82e4..b01493d564a1 100644
--- a/Sources/WordPressData/Swift/NSManagedObject.swift
+++ b/Sources/WordPressData/Swift/NSManagedObject.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public extension NSManagedObject {
         return result.flatMap({ ValueType(rawValue: $0) })
     }
 
-    var locallyUniqueId: String {
+    var locallyUniqueID: String {
         let data = Data(self.objectID.uriRepresentation().absoluteString.utf8)
         return SHA256.hash(data: data).compactMap { String(format: "%02x", $0) }.joined()
     }
diff --git a/WordPress/Classes/Services/RawBlockEditorSettingsService.swift b/WordPress/Classes/Services/RawBlockEditorSettingsService.swift
index e4234b195fbd..5e2fa5b597cd 100644
--- a/WordPress/Classes/Services/RawBlockEditorSettingsService.swift
+++ b/WordPress/Classes/Services/RawBlockEditorSettingsService.swift
@@ -7,16 +7,19 @@ final class RawBlockEditorSettingsService {
 
     private let blogID: String
     private var refreshTask: Task<Data, Error>?
-    private let dotOrgRestAPI: WordPressOrgRestApi
+    private let dotOrgRestAPI: WordPressOrgRestApi?
     private var prefetchTask: Task<Void, Never>?
 
     @MainActor
     init(blog: Blog) {
-        self.dotOrgRestAPI = WordPressOrgRestApi(blog: blog)!
-        self.blogID = blog.locallyUniqueId
+        self.dotOrgRestAPI = WordPressOrgRestApi(blog: blog)
+        self.blogID = blog.locallyUniqueID
     }
 
     private func fetchSettingsFromAPI() async throws -> Data {
+        guard let dotOrgRestAPI else {
+            throw URLError(.unknown)
+        }
         let response: WordPressAPIResult<Data, WordPressOrgRestApiError> = await dotOrgRestAPI.get(
             path: "/wp-block-editor/v1/settings"
         )