EMI Throws an exception after trying to load. Started happening randomly, I'm on All The Mods 9

[18:18:21] [Server thread/WARN]: Can't keep up! Is the server overloaded? Running 2015ms or 40 ticks behind [18:18:29] [Thread-113/ERROR]: [EMI] Comparison threw an exception, disabling [18:18:30] [Thread-113/ERROR]: [EMI] Comparison threw an exception, disabling [18:18:39] [Server thread/WARN]: Can't keep up! Is the server overloaded? Running 2375ms or 47 ticks behind [18:18:43] [Thread-113/ERROR]: [EMI] Critical error occured during reload: [18:18:43] [Thread-113/ERROR]: [EMI] java.lang.NullPointerException

https://mclo.gs/dFQs0hs

This seems to be related to a bug resolved in an older version of EMI. Please update

It Is the latest version. Can it perhaps be an issue with this release? should i rollback to another version?