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diff --git a/perl/Bands.pm b/perl/Bands.pm
index 16a992ed..7563e927 100644
--- a/perl/Bands.pm
+++ b/perl/Bands.pm
@@ -131,15 +131,18 @@ 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;
   
-	@_ ? $self->{$name} = shift : $self->{$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}};
+	goto &$AUTOLOAD;
 }
 
 1;