Thanks for those tips. I will get a book on mod_perl and see what I need to do. There is no database, so that part is good. I use a hash table that I worked up instead, as there are only 92 or so tr's needed. I don't know how much time I have as I almost have the syllabary done. I'll be using GD to write the text, using a ttf font of my own making. That will cut out the images loading, but really it runs quick as it is. Just had to use GD because I will be using the GD::Text::Arc module as well. I finally got it to work with my font, after pulling out some hair... Thanks for the tip on not breaking it up. Can you tell me how to best profile the script to check for bottlenecks ? Putting in some print to screens of where It is at from time to time ? Sorry, still a new kid at Perl.