zedrem repeatedly reopens editing window

[rfilmyer]

Whenever I use zedrem to edit a document, it opens extra windows while I have the document open.

This is what it shows on the console:

bash-3.2$ ./zedrem -key [xxx] ./document/ & 
A Zed window should now open. If not, make sure Zed is running and configured with the correct userKey.
Press Ctrl-c to quit.
A Zed window should now open. If not, make sure Zed is running and configured with
 the correct userKey.
Press Ctrl-c to quit.
A Zed window should now open. If not, make sure Zed is running and configured with
 the correct userKey.
Press Ctrl-c to quit.

I have it running in the background, but even without & it doesn't make a difference. I'm going to check if it makes a difference if I run it on . rather than ./document/.

[rfilmyer]

As an update, it still doesn't work, even when I use the exact command that zed generates for me (./zedrem -key [xxx] .).

A possible confounding factor could be my connection - the host computer has inbound latency issues, with ping spikes up to the 600s or so. (but that's another problem)