Perl command line interpreter has stopped working v 5.24.1 Problem Event BEX64

We recently installed perl 5.24.1 on our new windows server 2012. The very first perl script I ran I got a windows pop up that said 'Perl Command Line Interpreter has stopped working.'
The details were:
Problem Event Name: BEX64
Application Name: perl.exe
Application Version: 5.24.1.2402
Application Timestamp: 586df0fc
Fault Module Name: StackHash_c6d7
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: PCH_5D_FROM_ntdll+0x0000000000090C6A
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 0000000000000008
OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.272.7
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: c6d7
Additional Information 2: c6d7177f18e00ff82ab902718d1239fd
Additional Information 3: d987
Additional Information 4: d987967ef47cf7b2214177908b8fe4a4