Android : NFC enableForegroundDispatch to handle Beam within activity

the app i'm working on ought to receive a beam and then call the processIntent(intent) function from onResume. the problem i'm having is that when it receives the beam, it opens a completely new instance of the app instead of just staying within the activity (i've already called enableForegroundDispatch).

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    mNfcAdapter = NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(this);
    if (mNfcAdapter == null){
        Toast.makeText(this, "No NFC on this device", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
    // Create a PendingIntent object so the Android system can populate it with the details of the tag when it is scanned.
    pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, new Intent(this, getClass()).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP), 0);
    // Declare intent filters to handle the intents that the developer wants to intercept.
    IntentFilter ndef = new IntentFilter(NfcAdapter.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED);
    try {
        ndef.addDataType("*/*");
    } catch (MalformedMimeTypeException e) {
        Log.wtf("mimeexception", e);
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    intentFiltersArray = new IntentFilter[] {ndef};

... ...
}

public void onResume() {
  super.onResume();
  // Enable the foreground dispatch when the Activity regains focus.
  NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(this).enableForegroundDispatch(this, pendingIntent, intentFiltersArray, null);

  if (NfcAdapter.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED.equals(getIntent().getAction())) {
        processIntent(getIntent());
  }
}

public void onPause() {
  super.onPause();
  // Disable the foreground dispatch when the Activity loses focus.
  NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(this).disableForegroundDispatch(this);
}

void processIntent(Intent intent){
    // do stuff
}

and here's the activity from the manifest

<activity
        android:name="com.nextixsystems.ewalletv2.CreateInvoiceActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_create_invoice"
        android:launchMode="singleTop" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.nfc.action.NDEF_DISCOVERED" />\
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />\
            <data android:mimeType="application/com.example.nfctest/invoice" />
        </intent-filter>
</activity>

thanks for the input