rpg demo crashes when trying to go down tunnel

[jmdejong]

Game starts normally. I can walk around, talk to the npc and pick up money, but when trying to enter the tunnel it crashes.

Script:DEBUG:Loaded object: gstack2
Script:DEBUG:Loaded object: townportal
Script:DEBUG:Loaded object: sign1
loading: objects/actors/player/warrior/object.xml
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./run.py", line 61, in <module>
    main()
  File "./run.py", line 46, in main
    app.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fife/extensions/basicapplication.py", line 212, in run
    retval = self.mainLoop()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fife/extensions/basicapplication.py", line 235, in mainLoop
    self._pump()
  File "/data/programming/others/uh/fifengine-demos/rpg/scripts/rpg.py", line 180, in _pump
    self._gamecontroller.pump()
  File "/data/programming/others/uh/fifengine-demos/rpg/scripts/gamecontroller.py", line 389, in pump
    self.loadMap(self._newmap)
  File "/data/programming/others/uh/fifengine-demos/rpg/scripts/gamecontroller.py", line 343, in loadMap
    self._scene.createScene(mapname)
  File "/data/programming/others/uh/fifengine-demos/rpg/scripts/scene.py", line 167, in createScene
    self.createPlayerObject()
  File "/data/programming/others/uh/fifengine-demos/rpg/scripts/scene.py", line 131, in createPlayerObject
    pvals = player_settings.get("player", "player", {})
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/simplexml.py", line 229, in get
    e_value = self.getValue(e_type,e_value)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/simplexml.py", line 179, in getValue
    return self._deserializeDict(e_value)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fife/extensions/serializers/simplexml.py", line 476, in _deserializeDict
    dict[kv_pair[0]] = kv_pair[1]
IndexError: list index out of range
AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed

I'm using a manual installation of fife and fifechat from the latest version in git.
That last line about AL lib always shows up for me when closing fife programs so it's probably unrelated.