Asciidoctor-latex error with `#`

If I put `#` into a asciidoc file and produce latex output, the result is \texttt{#} in the tex file. This seems to be producing
an error:

! Illegal parameter number in definition of \reserved@a.
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                   }
l.196 \texttt{#}

If I remember correctly, # is a reserved character in tex and should be escaped like \#. I am not sure if I am supposed to escape the hash character in asciidoc. If so how can I do this?

Also is this the preferred channel to post newbie questions? (As opposed to the chat room or the github issues list).

Thankyou Dan, I'll submit that issue now.