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diff --git a/perl/DXDb.pm b/perl/DXDb.pm
index a7f31acc..6ccb9105 100644
--- a/perl/DXDb.pm
+++ b/perl/DXDb.pm
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ sub load
 {
 	my $s = readfilestr($dbbase, "dbs", "pl");
 	if ($s) {
-		my $a = { eval $s } ;
+		my $a;
+		eval "\$a = $s";
 		confess $@ if $@;
-		%avail = %{$a} if $a
+		%avail = ( %$a ) if ref $a;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -347,6 +348,9 @@ sub AUTOLOAD
 	$name =~ s/.*:://o;
   
 	confess "Non-existant field '$AUTOLOAD'" if !$valid{$name};
+	# this clever line of code creates a subroutine which takes over from autoload
+	# from OO Perl - Conway
+	*{$AUTOLOAD} = sub {@_ > 1 ? $_[0]->{$name} = $_[1] : $_[0]->{$name}} ;
 	@_ ? $self->{$name} = shift : $self->{$name} ;
 }