Minion exception with salt on amazon linux 2

• Amazon Linux 2
• Python 2.7
• salt-minion 2019.2.3

2020-03-13 15:15:23,407 [salt.utils.templates:180 ][ERROR   ][30700] Rendering exception occurred

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/utils/templates.py", line 169, in render_tmpl

    output = render_str(tmplstr, context, tmplpath)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/utils/templates.py", line 404, in render_jinja_tmpl

    buf=tmplstr)

SaltRenderError: Jinja variable str object has no element 0

2020-03-13 15:15:23,407 [salt.state       :3371][ERROR   ][30700] Unable to render top file: Jinja variable str object has no element 0

Clean installation from the salt yum repository and a clean image. Will need to check what's going on with the problem later.