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diff --git a/perl/DXUser.pm b/perl/DXUser.pm
index 0785d16b..fa9e109f 100644
--- a/perl/DXUser.pm
+++ b/perl/DXUser.pm
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ 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}} ;
 	if (@_) {
 		$self->{$name} = shift;
 	}