Incompatible version of bundler

[cryptic0]

Please ignore: I have resolved the following problems and I am closing this thread.

gem install bundler
Successfully installed bundler-2.0.1
Parsing documentation for bundler-2.0.1
Done installing documentation for bundler after 2 seconds
1 gem installed

bundle install
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/..........
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/.
Resolving dependencies...
Bundler could not find compatible versions for gem "bundler":
  In Gemfile:
    bundler (~> 1.16)

  Current Bundler version:
    bundler (2.0.1)
This Gemfile requires a different version of Bundler.
Perhaps you need to update Bundler by running `gem install bundler`?

Could not find gem 'bundler (~> 1.16)' in any of the relevant sources:
  the local ruby installation

Edit 1: My guess is that that theme has not been updated in a while and the last time it was updated, the latest bundler version was 1.16. So it would seem that the theme does not work with higher versions of bundler. What a shame.

Edit 2: I am getting the exact same error when using the longer, more robust protocol for installation. At this point, I am not sure if it's worth going through all this hassle. I can write simple static websites with just markdown and pandoc and deploy them in minutes.