Enigmatic Error Message

Every time I start up Coccinella I get this

item "5 above" doesn't exist
item "5 above" doesn't exist
while executing
"$T item ancestors [list $item above]"
(procedure "SortColumn" line 16)
invoked from within
"SortColumn $sortColumn $order"
(procedure "::RosterAvatar::Sort" line 14)
invoked from within
"$plugin($name,sortProc) $item $order"
(procedure "Sort" line 6)
invoked from within
"Sort $item $order"
(procedure "::RosterTree::SortIdle" line 7)
invoked from within
"::RosterTree::SortIdle root -increasing"
("after" script)

Item 5 above what?