diff --git a/tutorial/perl/PerlClient.pl b/tutorial/perl/PerlClient.pl
index 1d59656..7c23289 100644
--- a/tutorial/perl/PerlClient.pl
+++ b/tutorial/perl/PerlClient.pl
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
 
 use Data::Dumper;
 
-my $socket    = new Thrift::Socket('localhost',9090);
-my $transport = new Thrift::BufferedTransport($socket,1024,1024);
-my $protocol  = new Thrift::BinaryProtocol($transport);
-my $client    = new tutorial::CalculatorClient($protocol);
+my $socket    = Thrift::Socket->new('localhost',9090);
+my $transport = Thrift::BufferedTransport->new($socket,1024,1024);
+my $protocol  = Thrift::BinaryProtocol->new($transport);
+my $client    = tutorial::CalculatorClient->new($protocol);
 
 
 eval{
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     my $sum = $client->add(1,1);
     print "1+1=$sum\n";
 
-    my $work = new tutorial::Work();
+    my $work = tutorial::Work->new();
 
     $work->op(tutorial::Operation::DIVIDE);
     $work->num1(1);
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         $client->calculate(1, $work);
         print "Whoa! We can divide by zero?\n";
     }; if($@) {
-        warn "InvalidOperation: ".Dumper($@);
+        warn 'InvalidOperation: '.Dumper($@);
     }
 
     $work->op(tutorial::Operation::SUBTRACT);
diff --git a/tutorial/perl/PerlServer.pl b/tutorial/perl/PerlServer.pl
index adec978..dfe6b89 100644
--- a/tutorial/perl/PerlServer.pl
+++ b/tutorial/perl/PerlServer.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 
 #
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
@@ -67,20 +67,20 @@
   } elsif ($op == tutorial::Operation::DIVIDE) {
     if ($num2 == 0)
     {
-      my $x = new tutorial::InvalidOperation;
+      my $x = tutorial::InvalidOperation->new();
       $x->whatOp($op);
       $x->why('Cannot divide by 0');
       die $x;
     }
     $val = $num1 / $num2;
   } else {
-    my $x = new tutorial::InvalidOperation;
+    my $x = tutorial::InvalidOperation->new();
     $x->whatOp($op);
     $x->why('Invalid operation');
     die $x;
   }
 
-  my $log = new shared::SharedStruct;
+  my $log = shared::SharedStruct->new();
   $log->key($logid);
   $log->value(int($val));
   $self->{log}->{$logid} = $log;
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@
 
 
 eval {
-  my $handler       = new CalculatorHandler;
-  my $processor     = new tutorial::CalculatorProcessor($handler);
-  my $serversocket  = new Thrift::ServerSocket(9090);
-  my $forkingserver = new Thrift::ForkingServer($processor, $serversocket);
+  my $handler       = CalculatorHandler->new();
+  my $processor     = tutorial::CalculatorProcessor->new($handler);
+  my $serversocket  = Thrift::ServerSocket->new(9090);
+  my $forkingserver = Thrift::ForkingServer->new($processor, $serversocket);
   print "Starting the server...\n";
   $forkingserver->serve();
   print "done.\n";