HD44780 issues

Hi Gordon,
The new Espruino update has fixed the 'print()' bug but sadly it's still not working for me. I don't get any code errors the display just shows the first row fully blocked and nothing on the second row (see photo below). It is always like this from the moment I plug it in.

Have I wired something up incorrectly? Here are the pins I'm using:

var lcd = require("HD44780").connect(A8,A9,A10,A11,A0,A1);

Any ideas? Is this a code/hardware/wiring issue?