transmission freezes

I added a torrent and to an existing list of 11 active torrents. That's when transmission froze up.

Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
Release: 14.04

  Installed: 2.82-1.1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2.82-1.1ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 2.82-1.1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: transmission-gtk 2.82-1.1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-18.38-generic 3.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Mar 20 14:27:43 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-13 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140312)
SourcePackage: transmission
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)