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diff --git a/perl/DXChannel.pm b/perl/DXChannel.pm
index b7d32c44..7a27a8f2 100644
--- a/perl/DXChannel.pm
+++ b/perl/DXChannel.pm
@@ -466,8 +466,13 @@ sub AUTOLOAD
 	$name =~ s/.*:://o;
   
 	confess "Non-existant field '$AUTOLOAD'" if !$valid{$name};
-	@_ ? $self->{$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}} ;
+    @_ ? $self->{$name} = shift : $self->{$name} ;
 }
 
+
 1;
 __END__;