For me not, unfortunately. I tried to downloat the zip from github and provide a fresh install but I still get that error message when I try to log in to the BO. When I turn the debug mode on I am able to log in, but once I turn the debug mode off I keep receiving this error message...
So for me, zip downloaded from the prestashop website and from github is doing the same error.
// I have done it one more time and right now it is without the error message.