diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index 283da0f..2d2704e 100644
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ $class -> new
 	dist_author    => 'Ron Savage <ron@savage.net.au>',
 	build_requires =>
 	{
-		'Test::More' => 0,
-#		'Test::Pod'  => 1.45, # Make it optional. See t/pod.t
+		'Test::More' => 1.001014,
+		'Test::Pod'  => 1.48,
 	},
 	configure_requires =>
 	{
-		'Module::Build' => 0.3800,
+		'Module::Build' => 0.4211,
 	},
 	requires =>
 	{
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ $class -> new
 	},
 	resources =>
 	{
-		bugtracker => 'https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=HTML-Timeline',
-		license    => 'http://opensource.org/licenses/Artistic-2.0',
-		repository => 'https://github.com/ronsavage/HTML-Timeline',
+		'bugtracker' => 'https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=HTML-Timeline',
+		'license'    => 'http://opensource.org/licenses/Artistic-2.0',
+		'repository' => 'https://github.com/ronsavage/HTML-Timeline',
 	},
-	script_files => ['bin/timeline.pl'],
+	'script_files' => ['bin/timeline.pl'],
 ) -> create_build_script();
diff --git a/MYMETA.json b/MYMETA.json
index e49a89c..6bb8551 100644
--- a/MYMETA.json
+++ b/MYMETA.json
@@ -4,35 +4,36 @@
       "Ron Savage <ron@savage.net.au>"
    ],
    "dynamic_config" : 0,
-   "generated_by" : "Module::Build version 0.4211",
+   "generated_by" : "Module::Build version 0.4231",
    "license" : [
       "artistic_2"
    ],
    "meta-spec" : {
       "url" : "http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?CPAN::Meta::Spec",
-      "version" : "2"
+      "version" : 2
    },
    "name" : "HTML-Timeline",
    "prereqs" : {
       "build" : {
          "requires" : {
-            "Test::More" : "0"
+            "Test::More" : 1.001014,
+            "Test::Pod" : 1.48
          }
       },
       "configure" : {
          "requires" : {
-            "Module::Build" : "0.38"
+            "Module::Build" : 0.4211
          }
       },
       "runtime" : {
          "requires" : {
-            "Carp" : "0",
-            "Config::IniFiles" : "0",
-            "Gedcom" : "0",
-            "Gedcom::Date" : "0",
-            "HTML::Template" : "0",
-            "Path::Class" : "0",
-            "accessors" : "0"
+            "Carp" : 0,
+            "Config::IniFiles" : 0,
+            "Gedcom" : 0,
+            "Gedcom::Date" : 0,
+            "HTML::Template" : 0,
+            "Path::Class" : 0,
+            "accessors" : 0
          }
       }
    },
@@ -48,5 +49,6 @@
          "http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0"
       ]
    },
-   "version" : "1.08"
+   "version" : "1.08",
+   "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON::PP version 4.11"
 }
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index ebe6e44..2ed33f6 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ my(%params) =
 	PL_FILES  => {},
 	PREREQ_PM =>
 	{
-		accessors        => 0,
-		Carp             => 0,
-		Config::IniFiles => 0,
-		Gedcom           => 0,
-		Gedcom::Date     => 0,
-		HTML::Template   => 0,
-		Path::Class      => 0,
+		'accessors'        => 0,
+		'Carp'             => 0,
+		'Config::IniFiles' => 0,
+		'Gedcom'           => 0,
+		'Gedcom::Date'     => 0,
+		'HTML::Template'   => 0,
+		'Path::Class'      => 0,
 	},
 	VERSION_FROM => 'lib/HTML/Timeline.pm',
 );
diff --git a/bin/timeline.pl b/bin/timeline.pl
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/lib/HTML/Timeline.pm b/lib/HTML/Timeline.pm
index 5455e84..000bf2f 100644
--- a/lib/HTML/Timeline.pm
+++ b/lib/HTML/Timeline.pm
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ template_dir
 template_name
 timeline_height
 url_for_xml
+validate
 verbose
 web_page
 xml_file
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ sub generate_xml_file
 		$output_file_name = file($output_dir, $output_file_name);
 	}
 
-	open(my $fh, "> $output_file_name") || Carp::croak "Can't open(> $output_file_name): $!";
+	open($fh, '>', $output_file_name) || Carp::croak "Can't open(> $output_file_name): $!";
 	print $fh $template -> output();
 	close $fh;
 
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ template_dir
 template_name
 timeline_height
 url_for_xml
+validate
 verbose
 web_page
 xml_file
@@ -342,6 +344,7 @@ xml_file
 	$self -> timeline_height(500);
 	$self -> url_for_xml('');
 	$self -> verbose(0);
+	$self -> validate(1);
 	$self -> web_page('timeline.html');
 	$self -> xml_file('timeline.xml');
 
@@ -403,7 +406,7 @@ xml_file
 	 )
 	);
 
-	if (! $self -> gedobj() -> validate() )
+	if($arg{'options'}{'validate'} && (! $self -> gedobj() -> validate() ))
 	{
 		Carp::croak 'Cannot validate file: ' . $self -> gedcom_file();
 	}
@@ -430,7 +433,8 @@ sub run
 	$self -> log('Processing:');
 
 	my($root_person) = $self -> gedobj() -> get_individual($self -> root_person() );
-	my($name)        = $self -> clean_persons_name($root_person -> name() );
+	my($name) = $self -> clean_persons_name($root_person -> name() );
+
 
 	my(@people);
 
@@ -573,6 +577,12 @@ If this option is used, HTML::Template will look for a file of this name.
 
 If this option is not used, 'timeline.tmpl' will be used.
 
+=item validate
+
+If this option is used, HTML::Template will valide the Gedcom file.
+
+The default value is 1.
+
 =item url_for_xml a_url
 
 If this option is used, it becomes the prefix of the name of the output XML file written into