Banshee completely freezes whenever I try to import a folder

Whenever I try to import a foler in banshee it completely freezes and the only thing I can do is force it to quit, which means I'm unable to add any further music to my library :-/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: banshee 2.9.0+really2.6.2-7ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-43.63-generic 4.4.21
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Oct 16 21:42:06 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-24 (1149 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: banshee
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-07-08 (100 days ago)