Anonymous Users cannot select photos

I have a user flow that allows anonymous users to create a node before creating an account.
On that node is a file field with an IMCE link that allows them to select an image from a public image folder on the server

An anonymous user is able to upload an image directly to the file field with no trouble
An anonymous user can view the IMCE browser link, they can view the available images in IMCE, but when they go so select them, nothing happens.
You can double click, click the select button, etc, but the image is not selected/added to the image field.

When I go in as an authenticated user selection via IMCE works.