IndexError: string index out of range when creating package

[andrewrk]

$ npm2deb create lastfm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/npm2deb", line 7, in <module>
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/npm2deb/scripts.py", line 132, in main
    args.func(args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/npm2deb/scripts.py", line 264, in create
    npm2deb.start()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/npm2deb/__init__.py", line 82, in start
    self.create_control()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/npm2deb/__init__.py", line 211, in create_control
    args['Depends'] = self._get_Depends()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/npm2deb/__init__.py", line 428, in _get_Depends
    if version[0].isdigit():
IndexError: string index out of range

[andrewrk]

This is still an issue on my updated system.