'get' fails with error

[wesleyjconnor]

Simple call to get method returns error

zk.get( path, function (err, value, zstat) { console.log('the current value is ', value.toString()) } )

Fails with error

Tue, 02 Feb 2016 12:50:30 GMT nodezk:server Listening on port 3000
connected localhost:2181
draining 1 messages
assert.js:92
throw new assert.AssertionError({
^
AssertionError: number too small
at toDouble (/home/wconnor/src/nodezk/node_modules/zkjs/node_modules/int53/index.js:49:3)
at Object.int53.readInt64BE (/home/wconnor/src/nodezk/node_modules/zkjs/node_modules/int53/index.js:62:9)
at Function.ZnodeStat.parse (/home/wconnor/src/nodezk/node_modules/zkjs/protocol/znode-stat.js:21:29)
at GetDataResponse.parse (/home/wconnor/src/nodezk/node_modules/zkjs/protocol/get-data.js:32:30)
at Receiver.read (/home/wconnor/src/nodezk/node_modules/zkjs/receiver.js:91:16)
at Receiver.streamReadable (/home/wconnor/src/nodezk/node_modules/zkjs/receiver.js:112:8)
at Client.emit (events.js:92:17)
at emitReadable_ (_stream_readable.js:410:10)
at emitReadable (_stream_readable.js:406:5)
at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:168:9)

Seems to be highlighted in this SO issue as well
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34019882/read-from-kafka-using-node-and-franz-kafka-module

Note that it works for root '/' but not for anything else