[O] HTML export doesn't work when #+TITLE: is added

[Lohan Gunaweera]

Hello, I am new to this mailing list and relatively new to org-mode too.

I am running org-mode 8.3.1 with Emacs 24.5.1. When I attempt to export
a file that contains #+TITLE: the export fails. Instead I am shown the
following message:

"Wrong type argument: listp, #("Title_of_the_document" 0 40 (: parent (#0)))

Until now I was using emacs 23, the version provided by my operating
system (Trisquel 6) org export worked without any problem until I
installed the latest version.

What can I do to resolve this issue?

Regards,
Lohan