diff --git a/xfce-xterm-launcher-update b/xfce-xterm-launcher-update
index fe24533..ffa3702 100755
--- a/xfce-xterm-launcher-update
+++ b/xfce-xterm-launcher-update
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use strict;
 use File::Slurp;
 use Data::Dumper;
 
+use experimental qw(autoderef);
+
 my $launcher = $ARGV[0];
 
 my $launcher_dir = "$ENV{HOME}/.config/xfce4/panel/launcher-$launcher";