dvcs-autosync crashed with AttributeError in stop_serving(): 'AutosyncJabberBot' object has no attribute '_thread'

Tried to stop dvcs-autosync when running from terminal by pressing Ctrl-C; got the following debug info:

INFO:root:You pressed Ctrl+C, exiting gracefully!
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/dvcs-autosync", line 956, in <module>
    time.sleep(10)
  File "/usr/bin/dvcs-autosync", line 726, in signal_handler
    bot.stop_serving()
  File "/usr/bin/dvcs-autosync", line 265, in stop_serving
    if self._thread:
AttributeError: 'AutosyncJabberBot' object has no attribute '_thread'

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: dvcs-autosync 0.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic-pae 3.2.11
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 19 11:19:04 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/dvcs-autosync
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/dvcs-autosync
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/dvcs-autosync']
SourcePackage: dvcs-autosync
Title: dvcs-autosync crashed with AttributeError in stop_serving(): 'AutosyncJabberBot' object has no attribute '_thread'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-19 (0 days ago)
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