Setup fails with JspTagException

when clicking the setup link on the welcome page, i get a 500 internal server error. The stacktrace on the server is as follows:

27-Sep-2002 15:40:54 BST Error HTTP [ServletContext(id=23817439,name=atlassian-jira-web.war,cont
ext-path=/jira)] Root cause of ServletException

javax.servlet.jsp.JspTagException: Including component failed:java.lang.NullPointerException
at webwork.view.taglib.PageResponse.getContent(IncludeTag.java:363)
at webwork.view.taglib.IncludeTag.include(IncludeTag.java:63)
at webwork.view.taglib.ui.ComponentTag.doEndTag(ComponentTag.java:163)
at webwork.view.taglib.ui.AbstractHTMLComponentTag.doEndTag(AbstractHTMLComponentTag.java:52)
at webwork.view.taglib.ui.TextFieldTag.doEndTag(TextFieldTag.java:63)
at jsp_servlet.views.setup._jspService(_setup.java:344)
at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspBase.service(JspBase.java:27)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl$ServletInvocationAction.run(ServletStubImpl.java:1058)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:401)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:445)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:20)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.security.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:109)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.security.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:117)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.EncodingFilter.doFilter(EncodingFilter.java:29)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.RequestDispatcherImpl$ForwardAction.run(RequestDispatcherImpl.java:344)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.runAs(SecurityServiceManager.java:744)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.RequestDispatcherImpl.forward(RequestDispatcherImpl.java:251)
at webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:322)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl$ServletInvocationAction.run(ServletStubImpl.java:1058)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:401)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:20)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(Unknown Source)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.security.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:202)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.security.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:196)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.EncodingFilter.doFilter(EncodingFilter.java:29)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:5418)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.runAs(SecurityServiceManager.java:744)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:3086)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java:2544)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:153)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:134)

at webwork.view.taglib.ui.ComponentTag.doEndTag(ComponentTag.java:166)
at webwork.view.taglib.ui.AbstractHTMLComponentTag.doEndTag(AbstractHTMLComponentTag.java:52)
at webwork.view.taglib.ui.TextFieldTag.doEndTag(TextFieldTag.java:63)
at jsp_servlet.views.setup._jspService(_setup.java:344)
at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspBase.service(JspBase.java:27)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl$ServletInvocationAction.run(ServletStubImpl.java:1058)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:401)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:445)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:20)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.security.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:109)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.security.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:117)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.EncodingFilter.doFilter(EncodingFilter.java:29)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.RequestDispatcherImpl$ForwardAction.run(RequestDispatcherImpl.java:344)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.runAs(SecurityServiceManager.java:744)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.RequestDispatcherImpl.forward(RequestDispatcherImpl.java:251)
at webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:322)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl$ServletInvocationAction.run(ServletStubImpl.java:1058)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:401)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:20)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(Unknown Source)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.security.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:202)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.security.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:196)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.EncodingFilter.doFilter(EncodingFilter.java:29)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:5418)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.runAs(SecurityServiceManager.java:744)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:3086)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java:2544)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:153)
at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:134)