diff --git a/ksirc/dsirc b/ksirc/dsirc
index f358fcd7..d73b6a50 100755
--- a/ksirc/dsirc
+++ b/ksirc/dsirc
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
 # of ksirc when it started, and found it very flattering that someone
 # would write 200k of C++ to interface with my 62k of perl :=)
 
-$version='2.211';
-$date='10 Mar 1998';
+$version='2.212';
+$date='21 Sep 2024';
 $add_ons='';
 
 $libdir=$ENV{"SIRCLIB"} || ".";
@@ -68,12 +68,7 @@ $|=1;
 
 $publicAway = 1;
 
-if (!eval "require 'getopts.pl';") {
-  print "\n\n\
-Your perl interpreter is *really* screwed up: the getopts.pl library is not
-even there! Have you even bothered to run 'install'?\n";
-  exit;
-}
+use Getopt::Std;
 
 if ($] >= 5 && (eval "use Socket;", $@ eq '')) {
     $sock6 = eval ("require Socket6;") and eval("use Socket6;");
@@ -96,22 +91,22 @@ if($@) {
 }
     
 
-&Getopts('n:s:p:u:i:l:L:H:rqQR78S');
+getopts('n:s:p:u:i:l:L:H:rqQR78S', \my %opts);
 
 %set=("LOGFILE", "", "LOG", "off", "PRINTUH", "none", "PRINTCHAN", "off",
  	"LOCALHOST", "", "CTCP", "noflood", "SENDAHEAD", 4096,
 	"USERINFO", "", "FINGER", "", "IRCNAME", "", "EIGHT_BIT", "on",
 	"LOADPATH", join(":", @loadpath), "CTRL_T", "/next");
 
-$raw_mode=$opt_r || (!-t STDOUT);
+$raw_mode=$opts{r} || (!-t STDOUT);
 $ansi=!$raw_mode && $ENV{"TERM"} =~ /^vt|^xterm|^ansi/i;
-$server=$opt_s || $ARGV[1] || $ENV{"SIRCSERVER"} || $ENV{"IRCSERVER"} ||
+$server=$opts{s} || $ARGV[1] || $ENV{"SIRCSERVER"} || $ENV{"IRCSERVER"} ||
                   "irc.primenet.com";
-$port0=$opt_p || $ENV{"SIRCPORT"} || $ENV{"IRCPORT"} || 6667;
-$username=$opt_u || $ENV{"SIRCUSER"} || $ENV{"IRCUSER"} || (getpwuid($<))[0] ||
+$port0=$opts{p} || $ENV{"SIRCPORT"} || $ENV{"IRCPORT"} || 6667;
+$username=$opts{u} || $ENV{"SIRCUSER"} || $ENV{"IRCUSER"} || (getpwuid($<))[0] ||
                 $ENV{"USER"} || "blah";
-$set{"IRCNAME"}=$opt_i || $ENV{"SIRCNAME"} || $ENV{"IRCNAME"} || "sirc user";
-$nick=$opt_n || $ARGV[0] || $ENV{"SIRCNICK"} || $ENV{"IRCNICK"} || $username;
+$set{"IRCNAME"}=$opts{i} || $ENV{"SIRCNAME"} || $ENV{"IRCNAME"} || "sirc user";
+$nick=$opts{n} || $ARGV[0] || $ENV{"SIRCNICK"} || $ENV{"IRCNICK"} || $username;
 $set{"FINGER"}=$ENV{"IRCFINGER"} || "keep your fingers to yourself";
 $set{"USERINFO"}=$ENV{"USERINFO"} || "yep, I'm a user";
 if ($server =~ /^\[([^\]]+)\]:([0-9]*):?(.*)$/
@@ -123,18 +118,18 @@ $port || ($port=$port0);
 $server0=$server1=$server;
 $port0=$port1=$port;
 $pass0=$pass1=$pass;
-$initfile=$opt_l || $ENV{"SIRCRCPL"} || $ENV{'HOME'}."/.sircrc.pl" 
-  if $opt_l || !$opt_q;
-$sysinit=$libdir."/sircrc.pl" if $libdir ne '.' && !$opt_Q;
-$rcfile=$opt_L || $ENV{"SIRCRC"} || $ENV{'HOME'}."/.sircrc" 
-  if $opt_L || !$opt_q;
-$sysrc=$libdir."/sircrc" if $libdir ne '.' && !$opt_Q;
+$initfile=$opts{l} || $ENV{"SIRCRCPL"} || $ENV{'HOME'}."/.sircrc.pl" 
+  if $opts{l} || !$opts{q};
+$sysinit=$libdir."/sircrc.pl" if $libdir ne '.' && !$opts{Q};
+$rcfile=$opts{L} || $ENV{"SIRCRC"} || $ENV{'HOME'}."/.sircrc" 
+  if $opts{L} || !$opts{q};
+$sysrc=$libdir."/sircrc" if $libdir ne '.' && !$opts{Q};
 $set{"LOGFILE"}=$logfile=$ENV{'HOME'}."/sirc.log";
-$opt_8 || ($set{"EIGHT_BIT"}="off");
-$restrict=$opt_R;
-$set{"LOCALHOST"}=$opt_H || $ENV{"SIRCHOST"} || $ENV{"IRCHOST"} ||
+$opts{8} || ($set{"EIGHT_BIT"}="off");
+$restrict=$opts{R};
+$set{"LOCALHOST"}=$opts{H} || $ENV{"SIRCHOST"} || $ENV{"IRCHOST"} ||
 		$ENV{"LOCALHOST"} || "";
-$SSL=$opt_S;
+$SSL=$opts{S};
 
 @ARGV=();  # ignore any more arguments