Cannot install prior versions of bit

[berhanecole]

after installation of bvm no remotes are available to install
ran bvm install 1.2.0 which yields
(node:64642) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The 'punycode' module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead. (Use 'node --trace-deprecation ...' to show where the warning was created) version 1.2.0 not found on remote, use bvm list --remote to see available versions

bvm list -r
returns an empty table

attempted with node versions 18.x and 21.x
bvm - 1.0.3
bit - 1.6.140