diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index e857c8701d..9582928e1e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: plotly
 Title: Create Interactive Web Graphics via Plotly's JavaScript Graphing Library
-Version: 2.0.10
+Version: 2.0.11
 Authors@R: c(person("Carson", "Sievert", role = c("aut", "cre"),
     email = "cpsievert1@gmail.com"),
     person("Chris", "Parmer", role = c("aut", "cph"),
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 686c9a1d40..88d1df09ec 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2.0.11 -- 11 Dec 2015
+
+Fix #250
+
 2.0.10 -- 10 Dec 2015
 
 Fix #225
diff --git a/R/ggplotly.R b/R/ggplotly.R
index fcad2e1bae..b0d31db54f 100644
--- a/R/ggplotly.R
+++ b/R/ggplotly.R
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ gg2list <- function(p) {
         tr.attr <- tr[[must.be.equal]]
         criteria[[must.be.equal]] <- isTRUE(all.equal(other.attr, tr.attr))
       }
-      if(all(criteria)){
+      if(all(criteria) && tr$type != "bar"){
         can.merge[[other.i]] <- TRUE
       }
     }
diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
index 3c4b9918dd..b3defa749b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat.R
+++ b/tests/testthat.R
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ save_outputs <- function(gg, name) {
       res <- RSassign(conn, plotly:::plotlyEnv, "plotlyEnv")
       res <- RSeval(conn, "unlockBinding('plotlyEnv', asNamespace('plotly'))")
       res <- RSeval(conn, "assign('plotlyEnv', plotlyEnv, pos = asNamespace('plotly'))")
-      pm <- RSeval(conn, "plotly::plotly_build(gg)")
+      pm <- RSeval(conn, "tryCatch(plotly::plotly_build(gg), error = function(e) 'plotly build error')")
       # it could be that the hash didn't exist, so make sure they're different
       if (plot_hash != digest::digest(pm)) {
         test_dir <- file.path(this_dir, gsub("\\s+", "-", name))
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-ggplot-stack.R b/tests/testthat/test-ggplot-stack.R
index 9b1792fbfc..8cc0ae6c1d 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-ggplot-stack.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-ggplot-stack.R
@@ -21,3 +21,19 @@ test_that("y value is non-cumulative in stacked bar charts", {
   expect_equal(L$data[[2]]$y[2], instructors$number[5])
   expect_equal(L$data[[3]]$y[2], instructors$number[6])
 })
+
+testd <- data.frame(
+  group1 = rep(1:3, each = 3),
+  group2 = LETTERS[1:3],
+  # We have two 0.2 within each group.
+  count = c(0.2, 0.2, 0.6)
+) 
+
+test_that("can stack identical traces", {
+  p1 <- ggplot(testd, aes(x = factor(group1), y = count, 
+                          fill = factor(group2))) + 
+    geom_bar(stat = 'identity', width = 1, position = "stack")
+  L <- save_outputs(p1, "stack-identical")
+  expect_equal(length(L$data), 3)
+})
+