Error: KeyError: 'version'

[asteriamaulik]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/maulik/workspace/labelling_tool/venv/bin/smarter_labelme", line 8, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/home/maulik/workspace/labelling_tool/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/labelme/main.py", line 207, in main
config = get_config(config_file_or_yaml, config_from_args)
File "/home/maulik/workspace/labelling_tool/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/labelme/config/init.py", line 73, in get_config
config = get_default_config()
File "/home/maulik/workspace/labelling_tool/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/labelme/config/init.py", line 42, in get_default_config
if user_config['version'] !=config['version']:
KeyError: 'version'

[jmtatsch]

This seems to happen if you have an existing .labelmerc from the original labelme.
It would make sense for this project to use a different non-colliding config file.