So I removed Helmod and redownloaded it, thinking it might fix it and it gave more errors:
The mod Helmod: assistant for planning your base. (0.12.6) caused a non-recoverable error.
Please report this error to the mod author.
Error while running event helmod::on_init()
helmod/model/Player.lua:664: attempt to index field 'flags' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
helmod/model/Player.lua:664: in function 'getRecipeEntity'
helmod/model/RecipePrototype.lua:25: in function 'init'
helmod/core/class.lua:25: in function <helmod/core/class.lua:21>
(...tail calls...)
helmod/selector/RecipeSelector.lua:48: in function 'appendGroups'
helmod/selector/RecipeSelector.lua:88: in function 'updateGroups'
helmod/selector/AbstractSelector.lua:333: in function 'prepare'
helmod/controller/Controller.lua:132: in function 'on_init'
helmod/controller/EventController.lua:101: in function <helmod/controller/EventController.lua:99>