alacarte crashed with AttributeError in loadUpdates(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_selected'

[McDope]

Logged into gnome-shell, and recieved this...

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: alacarte 3.7.90-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-7.13-generic 3.11.0
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Sep 7 10:36:29 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/alacarte
ExecutableTimestamp: 1371250171
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-05-06 (1225 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -OOt /usr/bin/alacarte
ProcCwd: /home/mcdope
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/alacarte']
SourcePackage: alacarte
Title: alacarte crashed with AttributeError in loadUpdates(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_selected'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-07-06 (68 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip disk fax floppy fuse libvirtd lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare saned tape users vboxusers video

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1194235, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.