ipython error

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Last login: Fri May  4 12:59:03 on ttys001
chuck:~ oostendo$ ipython console —existing seer.json
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/ipython", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('ipython==0.12', 'console_scripts', 'ipython')()
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/frontend/terminal/ipapp.py", line 402, in launch_new_instance
    app.initialize()
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 84, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/frontend/terminal/ipapp.py", line 302, in initialize
    super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).initialize(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 84, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/core/application.py", line 325, in initialize
    self.parse_command_line(argv)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/frontend/terminal/ipapp.py", line 297, in parse_command_line
    return super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).parse_command_line(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in parse_command_line
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 84, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 413, in parse_command_line
    return self.initialize_subcommand(subc, subargv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize_subcommand
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 84, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 356, in initialize_subcommand
    self.subapp.initialize(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 84, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/frontend/terminal/ipapp.py", line 302, in initialize
    super(TerminalIPythonApp, self).initialize(argv)
  File "<string>", line 2, in initialize
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 84, in catch_config_error
    return method(app, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/core/application.py", line 325, in initialize
    self.parse_command_line(argv)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/frontend/terminal/console/app.py", line 111, in parse_command_line
    self.build_kernel_argv(argv)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/frontend/consoleapp.py", line 192, in build_kernel_argv
    self.kernel_argv = swallow_argv(argv, self.frontend_aliases, self.frontend_flags)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/utils/traitlets.py", line 303, in __set__
    new_value = self._validate(obj, value)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/utils/traitlets.py", line 311, in _validate
    return self.validate(obj, value)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/utils/traitlets.py", line 1201, in validate
    value = self.validate_elements(obj, value)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/utils/traitlets.py", line 1277, in validate_elements
    return super(List, self).validate_elements(obj, value)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/utils/traitlets.py", line 1211, in validate_elements
    v = self._trait.validate(obj, v)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/IPython/utils/traitlets.py", line 1012, in validate
    return unicode(value)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)