IKC client and 'remote kernel already exists' error

I'm attempting to spawn some ikc clients when I startup my ikc server.

$worker->__spawn();

I keep getting the following error on the console and was wondering what it
meant


32299: Remote kernel 'servername-49fe523600007e2b' already exists

#############################################################
sub __spawn {
    my $class = shift;
    my $addr = $class->IP || '127.0.0.1';
    my $port = $class->PORT || 5667;

    ## spawn all the ikc client
    my $server = POE::Component::IKC::Client->spawn(
        ip         => $addr,
        port       => $port,
        name       => "Client$$",
        on_connect => sub {

            POE::Session->create(

                package_states =>
                  ## extract all subroutines that don't start with "__"
                  ## and allocate them as states:
                  [
                     (__PACKAGE__) => [ do {
                            no strict 'refs';
                            grep { !/^__/ and defined &$_ } keys %{
__PACKAGE__ . "::" };
                          } ],
                     ($class)       => [ $class->SUBSCRIBE_METHODS ]

                  ],
                ## pass args into _start:
                args => [$class]
            );
        }
    );

    return $server;
}