We've looked into this issue and it should only happen if the rabbits are the first enemies you kill.
If you first gather some experience somewhere else by killing other enemies, such as the dungeon or the orcs, you can kill the rabbits in town.

We'll update the version on Steam with a fix as soon as possible.

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