Error Message on start

was using an older Core Tunnel version. decided to update.
Dowloaded CoreTunnel Oct 10 from:

https://codinn.com/download/Core%20Tunnel-latest.dmg

With the new Core Tunnel:
On MacOS 27.0.1 with M chip macbook - get the following error message on start


Process:             Core Tunnel
Path:                /Applications/Core Tunnel.app/Contents/MacOS/Core Tunnel
Identifier:          io.coressh.tunnel-direct
Version:             5.1 (4874)
Code Type:           ARM-64 (Native)
Hardware Model:      Mac16,5 (Apple M4 Max)
OS Version:          macOS 27.0.1 (26A434)
Release Type:        User
System Integrity Protection: enabled

Reproducibility:     Crashes immediately at launch (~0.8 s after start), every time.
macOS shows the "reopen windows after crash" prompt; crash happens
in applicationDidFinishLaunching.

Exception Type:      EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes:     0x0000000000000001, 0x00000001aada0d4c
Termination Reason:  Namespace SIGNAL, Code 5, Trace/BPT trap: 5
Triggered by Thread: 0, Dispatch Queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0 Crashed::  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libswiftCore.dylib   0x1aada0d4c assertionFailure(::file:line:flags:) + 216
1   Core Tunnel          0x10239e7e0 0x10223c000 + 1452000
2   Core Tunnel          0x10239d3bc 0x10223c000 + 1446844
3   Core Tunnel          0x10239e074 0x10223c000 + 1450100
4   SwiftUI              0x1cfe44374 AppDelegate.applicationDidFinishLaunching(
 + 804
5   SwiftUI              0x1cfe45be4 @objc AppDelegate.applicationWillFinishLaunching(_
 + 192
6   CoreFoundation       0x19678b1a0 CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER + 148
7   CoreFoundation       0x19681a394 ___CFXRegistrationPost_block_invoke + 92
8   CoreFoundation       0x19681a2d8 _CFXRegistrationPost + 440
9   CoreFoundation       0x1967573d0 _CFXNotificationPost + 688
10  Foundation           0x197e4838c -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 88
11  AppKit               0x19ad54a14 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 312
12  AppKit               0x19ad547a8 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 176
13  AppKit               0x19ad52e80 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:] + 488
14  AppKit               0x19ad52a94 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 488
...
32  AppKit               0x19afe32d4 -[NSAlert runModal] + 196
33  AppKit               0x19bae915c __72-[NSPersistentUIRestorer promptToIgnorePersistentStateWithCrashHistory:]block_invoke + 908
...
42  AppKit               0x19ad3f90c -[NSApplication run] + 396
43  AppKit               0x19ad17c4c NSApplicationMain + 880
44  SwiftUI              0x1ced50c84 specialized runApp(
 + 140
45  SwiftUI              0x1cf163c68 runApp(
 + 108
46  SwiftUI              0x1cf43e8b8 static App.main() + 224
47  Core Tunnel          0x102296a10 0x10223c000 + 371216
48  dyld                 0x1962ffe80 start + 6688

Binary Images (relevant):
0x10223c000 - 0x1026affff io.coressh.tunnel-direct (5.1) <260ea90a-93ab-3c00-8b90-cefcad280433> Core Tunnel
0x1028ec000 - 0x10293ffff org.sparkle-project.Sparkle (2.9.4) <9ebfc97f-2779-3b48-b214-973c13904041>
0x1027fc000 - 0x10284ffff com.paddle.Paddle (4.5.1) <37386920-ce18-3310-a2dd-8a74e430f94d>
0x1aac40000 - 0x1ab1d8e2f libswiftCore.dylib 
0x1cec4f000 - 0x1d04a3cb7 com.apple.SwiftUI (8.0.84.1.406) 
0x19ad13000 - 0x19c35550b com.apple.AppKit (6.9) <2688afbc-5c39-3132-bcf5-8d00d32d7615>