jobs-admin does not start in Maverick: "string index out of range"

$sudo su
#add-apt-repository ppa:jpeddicord/jobs-daily
#apt-get update
#apt-get install jobs-admin
(from non-root)
$jobs-admin
jobs-admin
No module named pkit
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/jobs-admin", line 31, in <module>
    ui.load_jobs()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/JobsAdmin/__init__.py", line 108, in load_jobs
    weight = 700 if job.running else 400
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/JobsAdmin/remote.py", line 68, in __getattr__
    retry(self._connect, call)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/JobsAdmin/util.py", line 26, in retry
    return func()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/JobsAdmin/remote.py", line 67, in call
    dbus_interface=PROPERTIES_IFACE)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__
    return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__
    **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in call_blocking
    message, timeout)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.IndexError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/service.py", line 702, in _message_cb
    retval = candidate_method(self, *args, **keywords)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/JobService/job.py", line 40, in GetAll
    self._load_properties()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/JobService/job.py", line 122, in _load_properties
    self._props = self.root.proxy.get_service(self.name)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/JobService/backends/__init__.py", line 111, in get_service
    info.update(bk.get_service(name))
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/JobService/backends/upstart_0_6.py", line 87, in get_service
    info['automatic'] = (starton[0] != '#')
IndexError: string index out of range