diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cc47c47..af20880 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rxing"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 description="A rust port of the zxing barcode library."
 license="Apache-2.0"
 repository="https://github.com/hschimke/rxing"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 177ccca..bc1d125 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ fn main() {
 ```
 
 ## Latest Release Notes
+v0.2.9 -> Major fix, codabar was not being encoded by multiformat writer.
+
 v0.2.6 -> Fix missing result point callback for rss14
 
 v0.2.4 -> Add helper functions for common cases (read a file, use raw luma8 data).
diff --git a/src/multi_format_writer.rs b/src/multi_format_writer.rs
index 6f02c34..e416788 100644
--- a/src/multi_format_writer.rs
+++ b/src/multi_format_writer.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use crate::{
     datamatrix::DataMatrixWriter,
     oned::{
         Code128Writer, Code39Writer, Code93Writer, EAN13Writer, EAN8Writer, ITFWriter, UPCAWriter,
-        UPCEWriter,
+        UPCEWriter, CodaBarWriter,
     },
     pdf417::PDF417Writer,
     qrcode::QRCodeWriter,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl Writer for MultiFormatWriter {
             BarcodeFormat::CODE_128 => Box::<Code128Writer>::default(),
             BarcodeFormat::ITF => Box::<ITFWriter>::default(),
             BarcodeFormat::PDF_417 => Box::<PDF417Writer>::default(),
-            BarcodeFormat::CODABAR => Box::<Code128Writer>::default(),
+            BarcodeFormat::CODABAR => Box::<CodaBarWriter>::default(),
             BarcodeFormat::DATA_MATRIX => Box::<DataMatrixWriter>::default(),
             BarcodeFormat::AZTEC => Box::<AztecWriter>::default(),
             _ => {
diff --git a/src/oned/coda_bar_writer.rs b/src/oned/coda_bar_writer.rs
index 5b30f13..c3a9b38 100644
--- a/src/oned/coda_bar_writer.rs
+++ b/src/oned/coda_bar_writer.rs
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ mod CodaBarWriterTestCase {
     fn testEncode() {
         doTest(
             "B515-3/B",
-            &format!(
-                "{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}",
+            concat!(
                 "00000",
                 "1001001011",
                 "0110101001",
@@ -192,16 +191,13 @@ mod CodaBarWriterTestCase {
     fn testEncode2() {
         doTest(
             "T123T",
-            &format!(
-                "{}{}{}{}{}{}{}",
-                "00000",
-                "1011001001",
-                "0101011001",
-                "0101001011",
-                "0110010101",
-                "01011001001",
-                "00000"
-            ),
+            concat!("00000",
+            "1011001001",
+            "0101011001",
+            "0101001011",
+            "0110010101",
+            "01011001001",
+            "00000"),
         );
     }