diff --git a/src/main/java/com/linuxense/javadbf/DBFWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/linuxense/javadbf/DBFWriter.java
index 0478f30..8c68bf1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/linuxense/javadbf/DBFWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/linuxense/javadbf/DBFWriter.java
@@ -479,10 +479,10 @@ private void writeRecord(DataOutput dataOutput, Object[] objectArray) throws IOE
 			case LONG:
 			case AUTOINCREMENT:
 				if (objectArray[j] != null) {
-					dataOutput.write(DBFUtils.littleEndian(((Number) objectArray[j]).intValue()));
+					dataOutput.writeInt(DBFUtils.littleEndian(((Number) objectArray[j]).intValue()));
 				}
 				else {
-					dataOutput.write(0);
+					dataOutput.writeInt(0);
 				}
 				break;