puddletag consumes 100% cpu / quantal / kernel 3.5.0-22

[ampster]

3.5.0-22-generic

lsb_release -a
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Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
Codename: quantal

Great application, it is a pity it eventually got tied up in knots.
After a long time at 100% cpu, puddletag returns the following:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/puddletag", line 255, in <module>
    win = MainWin()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/puddlestuff/puddletag.py", line 314, in __init__
    winactions, self._docks = create_tool_windows(self)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/puddlestuff/puddletag.py", line 91, in create_tool_windows
    p = PuddleDock(z[0], z[1], parent, status)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/puddlestuff/puddleobjects.py", line 2155, in __init__
    control = control(status=status)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/puddlestuff/mainwin/filterwin.py", line 39, in __init__
    self.combo = PuddleCombo('filter_text')
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/puddlestuff/puddleobjects.py", line 2112, in __init__
    cparser.filename = self.filename
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/puddlestuff/puddleobjects.py", line 254, in _setFilename
    self.settings.reload()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/configobj.py", line 2344, in reload
    self._load(filename, configspec)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/configobj.py", line 1320, in _load
    raise error
configobj.ConfigObjError: Parsing failed with several errors.
First error at line 2.