Mah!Cade crashes catver.ini

On fresh install with default MAME ini profile

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "wahcade.py", line 86, in <module>
    app = WinMain(options)
  File "/home/waynemou/build/wahcade/win_main.py", line 337, in __init__
    self.load_emulator()
  File "/home/waynemou/build/wahcade/win_main.py", line 1339, in load_emulator
    self.load_list()
  File "/home/waynemou/build/wahcade/win_main.py", line 1378, in load_list
    self.emu_ini)
  File "/home/waynemou/build/wahcade/filters.py", line 318, in create_initial_filter
    _catenc = get_file_encoding(_catver_ini)
  File "/home/waynemou/build/wahcade/filters.py", line 108, in get_file_encoding
    for line in file(filename, 'rb'):
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '~/emulators/mame/catver.ini'