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diff --git a/perl/DXDb.pm b/perl/DXDb.pm
index 03e84e0c..f54d6f14 100644
--- a/perl/DXDb.pm
+++ b/perl/DXDb.pm
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ sub new
 	$avail{$self->{name}} = $self;
 	mkdir $dbbase, 02775 unless -e $dbbase;
 	save();
+	return $self;
 }
 
 # delete a database
@@ -345,19 +346,19 @@ sub field_prompt
 	return $valid{$ele};
 }
 
-no strict;
+#no strict;
 sub AUTOLOAD
 {
-	my $self = shift;
+	no strict;
 	my $name = $AUTOLOAD;
 	return if $name =~ /::DESTROY$/;
-	$name =~ s/.*:://o;
+	$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} ;
+	*$AUTOLOAD = sub {@_ > 1 ? $_[0]->{$name} = $_[1] : $_[0]->{$name}};
+        goto &$AUTOLOAD;
 }
 
 1;