diff --git a/ios/NebulaNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift b/ios/NebulaNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
index 07c1cb1..dffb054 100644
--- a/ios/NebulaNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
+++ b/ios/NebulaNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
@@ -52,14 +52,20 @@ class PacketTunnelProvider: NEPacketTunnelProvider {
         var config: Data
         var key: String
         
-        manager = try await self.findManager()
-        
-        guard let foundManager = manager else {
-            throw VPNStartError.couldNotFindManager
-        }
-        
         do {
-            self.site = try Site(manager: foundManager)
+            // Cannot use NETunnelProviderManager.loadAllFromPreferences() in earlier versions of iOS
+            // TODO: Remove else once we drop support for iOS 16
+            if ProcessInfo().isOperatingSystemAtLeast(OperatingSystemVersion(majorVersion: 17, minorVersion: 0, patchVersion: 0)) {
+                manager = try await self.findManager()
+                guard let foundManager = manager else {
+                    throw VPNStartError.couldNotFindManager
+                }
+                self.site = try Site(manager: foundManager)
+            } else {
+                // This does not save the manager with the site, which means we cannot update the
+                // vpn profile name when updates happen (rare).
+                self.site = try Site(proto: self.protocolConfiguration as! NETunnelProviderProtocol)
+            }
             config = try self.site!.getConfig()
         } catch {
             //TODO: need a way to notify the app
diff --git a/ios/Runner/DNUpdate.swift b/ios/Runner/DNUpdate.swift
index 5b59e27..fd566ea 100644
--- a/ios/Runner/DNUpdate.swift
+++ b/ios/Runner/DNUpdate.swift
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ class DNUpdater {
                 return
             }
             
-            newSite?.save(manager: site.manager) { error in
+            let siteManager = site.manager
+            let shouldSaveToManager = siteManager != nil || ProcessInfo().isOperatingSystemAtLeast(OperatingSystemVersion(majorVersion: 17, minorVersion: 0, patchVersion: 0))
+            
+            newSite?.save(manager: site.manager, saveToManager: shouldSaveToManager) { error in
                 if (error != nil) {
                     self.log.error("failed to save update: \(error!.localizedDescription, privacy: .public)")
                 }