diff --git a/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py b/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py
index ea35a33..b105d58 100644
--- a/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py
+++ b/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ import email.mime.application
 import email.mime.multipart
 import email.mime.text
 from email.header import decode_header, make_header
-#import imaplib
 import os.path
 import random
 import smtplib
 import string
 
 import imapclient
+import kode256
 
 from bureau import Bureau, add_command, add_api
 
@@ -172,23 +172,17 @@ class MailRoom(Bureau):
         # TODO: switch this to inline svgs
         # make action barcodes
         msg.un_bc = os.path.join("/tmp", "POun." + shortcode + ".png")
-        barcode.generate("code128", "POun." + shortcode, 
-                         writer=barcode.writer.ImageWriter(), output=msg.un_bc)
+        kode256.image("POun." + shortcode).save(msg.un_bc)
         msg.d_bc = os.path.join("/tmp", "POd." + shortcode + ".png")
-        barcode.generate("code128", "POd." + shortcode, 
-                         writer=barcode.writer.ImageWriter(), output=msg.d_bc)
+        kode256.image("POd." + shortcode).save(msg.d_bc)
         msg.sp_bc = os.path.join("/tmp", "POsp." + shortcode + ".png")
-        barcode.generate("code128", "POsp." + shortcode, 
-                         writer=barcode.writer.ImageWriter(), output=msg.sp_bc)
+        kode256.image("POsp." + shortcode).save(msg.sp_bc)
         msg.re_bc = os.path.join("/tmp", "POre." + shortcode + ".png")
-        barcode.generate("code128", "POre." + shortcode, 
-                         writer=barcode.writer.ImageWriter(), output=msg.re_bc)
+        kode256.image("POre." + shortcode).save(msg.re_bc)
         msg.rea_bc = os.path.join("/tmp", "POrea." + shortcode + ".png")
-        barcode.generate("code128", "POrea." + shortcode, 
-                         writer=barcode.writer.ImageWriter(), output=msg.rea_bc)
+        kode256.image("POrea." + shortcode).save(msg.rea_bc)
         msg.r_bc = os.path.join("/tmp", "POr." + shortcode + ".png")
-        barcode.generate("code128", "POr." + shortcode, 
-                         writer=barcode.writer.ImageWriter(), output=msg.r_bc)
+        kode256.image("POr." + shortcode).save(msg.r_bc)
 
         self.print_full("email.html", msg=msg, shortcode=shortcode)
 
@@ -315,9 +309,9 @@ class MailRoom(Bureau):
             msg.subject = clean_header(envelope.subject.decode("utf-8"))
 
             # make action barcodes
-            msg.d_bc = self.bc_svg("POd." + shortcode)
-            msg.sp_bc = self.bc_svg("POsp." + shortcode)
-            msg.r_bc = self.bc_svg("POr." + shortcode)
+            msg.d_bc = kode256.svg("POd." + shortcode)
+            msg.sp_bc = kode256.svg("POsp." + shortcode)
+            msg.r_bc = kode256.svg("POr." + shortcode)
 
             msgs.append(msg.__dict__)