Create and Reference ignoring FileField Path Settings

I have a content type called "Image", and within that content type there is an image field. In that image field, in the FileField Path Settings (File Path), I have specified a directory for the images to be saved. When I create content for that node the regular way (not using nodereference_explorer), the images go into the correct directory and the filepath for the image gets written correctly. But when I use nodereference_explorer's "create" button to create an Image node, the filepath for the new image ends up being the default files directory. What's weirder is that the image actually gets written to the directory that is specified in the FileField Path settings, but the filepath variable in the image field of the node has the incorrect path (it has the default files path).

Thanks for the module and thanks for your help.