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diff --git a/perl/Prefix.pm b/perl/Prefix.pm
index b71f754e..263f5f82 100644
--- a/perl/Prefix.pm
+++ b/perl/Prefix.pm
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@
 package Prefix;
 
 use IO::File;
-use Carp;
 use DXVars;
 use DB_File;
 use Data::Dumper;
-use Carp;
+use DXDebug;
 
 use strict;
 use vars qw($db  %prefix_loc %pre);
@@ -201,6 +200,9 @@ 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;
 	}