diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 0ad1ac36..5f92ad67 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Changelog for Percona Toolkit
 
+v3.0.9 
+
+ * Feature     PT-1509 : Only set binlog_format when necessary (Thanks Moritz Lenz)
+
 v3.0.8 released 2018-03-13
 
  * Feature     PT-1500 : add --secure-slowlog option to pt-query digest
diff --git a/t/pt-table-sync/pt-1256.t b/t/pt-table-sync/pt-1256.t
index d6458dff..3fedfb2c 100644
--- a/t/pt-table-sync/pt-1256.t
+++ b/t/pt-table-sync/pt-1256.t
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ is(
     "Character set is correct",
 );
 
-SKIP {
+SKIP: {
     skip "Skipping in MySQL 8.0.4-rc since there is an error in the server itself", 1 if ($sandbox_version ge '8.0');
     # 3
     $output = `$trunk/bin/pt-table-sync --execute --lock-and-rename h=127.1,P=12345,u=msandbox,p=msandbox,D=test,t=t1 t=t2 2>&1`;