"Failed to create user: crypto/blowfish: invalid key size 1"

in the admin interface,
when i create a db, it works.
then I do add user "graphite", "graphite" as user/pass.
often i get "Failed to create user: crypto/blowfish: invalid key size 1"

when i retry it says "user already exists"

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