diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e38e3fb..2e3b36e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ siccc_CFLAGS =
 siccc_CXXFLAGS = ${AM_CXXFLAGS} -DDEBUG -ggdb -I./mongoose/ 
 siccc_LDFLAGS = -ldl -pthread
 EXTRA_DIST= static/* src/eventlist.txt
-src/Foohash.H: src/eventrouter.gperf 
-	gperf -LC++ -ZFoohash -Ktxt -H hacksh --null-strings -E -n -t -S1 < $< > $@
+
+GPERFFLAGS = -C -k2 -LC++ -ZFoohash -Ktxt -H hacksh --null-strings -E -n -t -S1 
+
+
+src/Foohash.H: src/eventrouter.gperf
+	$(GPERF) $(GPERFFLAGS)  < $< > $@
 
 testfoohash_SOURCES= src/testfoohash.cc src/Foohash.H
 testfoohash_CXXFLAGS = ${AM_CXXFLAGS} -DDEBUG -ggdb -O0
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 89d96fc..ec1fe52 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ AC_PROG_CXX
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBEVENTSTUFF], [libevent > 2.0.0])
 
-
+AM_MISSING_PROG([GPERF], [gperf])
+     
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(gengetopt, gengetopt, [false])
 GENGETOPT=$gengetopt
 AC_SUBST(GENGETOPT)
diff --git a/src/eventrouter.gperf b/src/eventrouter.gperf
index 54f1c87..7d11415 100644
--- a/src/eventrouter.gperf
+++ b/src/eventrouter.gperf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 struct RouterOp
   {
-  const char *txt;
+  const char *name;
   int op;
   };
 %%
diff --git a/src/testfoohash.cc b/src/testfoohash.cc
index 1630944..e7d91c5 100644
--- a/src/testfoohash.cc
+++ b/src/testfoohash.cc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using std::cout;
 using std::endl;
 
 /*struct RouterOp {*/
-  //const char *txt;
+  //const char *name;
   //int op;
   /*};*/
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	blub = fh.in_word_set("/static" , sizeof("/static")-1);
 	if(blub)
 		cout << "found! : "
-		     << blub->txt 
+		     << blub->name 
 		     << " ,op:" 
 		     << blub->op 
 		     << endl;