The Maypole::Authentication::UserSessionCookie class does: $user_class->require || die "Couldn't load user class $user_class"; The user_class is generated by CDBI::Loader. Shouldn't it get this? Paul -- Paul Makepeace .............................. http://paulm.com/inchoate/ "If we weren't at BD, then it cannot give a man two light bulbs and a fish." -- http://paulm.com/toys/surrealism/