diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 9f777b5..75110f1 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
             "label": "build",
             "type": "shell",
             "command": "cd build; make",
-            "problemMatcher": [
-                "$gcc"
-            ],
+            "problemMatcher": {
+                "base": "$gcc",
+                "fileLocation": ["relative", "../"]
+            },
             "group": {
                 "kind": "build",
                 "isDefault": true
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e12911c..3bbdeb5 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,3 +35,9 @@ add_executable(variable_test ../tests/variable_test.cpp)
 target_include_directories(variable_test PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(variable_test tests_main)
 target_compile_definitions(variable_test PUBLIC UNIX)
+
+# tuple_binding_test target
+add_executable(tuple_binding_test ../tests/tuple_binding_test.cpp)
+target_include_directories(tuple_binding_test PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+target_link_libraries(tuple_binding_test tests_main)
+target_compile_definitions(tuple_binding_test PUBLIC UNIX)
diff --git a/src/Datalog.h b/src/Datalog.h
index c537100..cdb279b 100644
--- a/src/Datalog.h
+++ b/src/Datalog.h
@@ -12,45 +12,54 @@
 #include <tuple>
 
 #include "tuple_hash.h"
-#include "Variable.h"
+#include "variable.h"
+#include "tuple_binding.h"
 
 namespace datalog
 {
 
 using namespace std;
 
+// High-level API functions
+
+/**
+ * @brief create a new variable
+ * 
+ * @tparam T 
+ * @return Variable<T>* 
+ */
 template <typename T>
 Variable<T> *var()
 {
     return new Variable<T>();
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief get the value of a variable
+ * 
+ * @tparam T 
+ * @param t 
+ * @return T 
+ */
 template <typename T>
 T val(Variable<T> *t)
 {
     return t->value();
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief delete a variable
+ * 
+ * @tparam T 
+ * @param v 
+ */
 template <typename T>
 void deleteVar(Variable<T> *v)
 {
     delete v;
 }
 
-template <typename T>
-void unbind(Variable<T> *t)
-{
-    t->unbind();
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-void unbind(const T &t) {}
-
-template <typename... Ts>
-void unbind(const tuple<Ts...> &tuple)
-{
-    apply([](auto &&... args) { ((unbind(args), ...)); }, tuple);
-}
+// TODO: all functions below here to be refactored into separate files
 
 template <typename T>
 bool bind(const T &a, const T &b)
diff --git a/src/tuple_binding.h b/src/tuple_binding.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a23add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tuple_binding.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#ifndef TUPLES_H
+#define TUPLES_H
+
+#include "variable.h"
+
+namespace datalog {
+
+// TODO: reify the concept of a tuple of values and pointers to Variables
+
+/**
+ * @brief unbind a variable
+ * 
+ * @tparam T 
+ * @param t 
+ */
+template <typename T>
+void unbind(Variable<T> *t)
+{
+    t->unbind();
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief unbind no-operation for types that are not variables (i.e. values)
+ * 
+ * @tparam T 
+ * @param t 
+ */
+template <typename T>
+void unbind(const T &t) {
+	// If t is not a Variable then perform no-op
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief apply unbind to a tuple of variables and values
+ * 
+ * @tparam Ts 
+ * @param tuple 
+ */
+template <typename... Ts>
+void unbind(const tuple<Ts...> &tuple)
+{
+    apply([](auto &&... args) { ((unbind(args), ...)); }, tuple);
+}
+
+}
+
+#endif // TUPLES_H
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Variable.h b/src/variable.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Variable.h
rename to src/variable.h
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
index d5b72c4..2aead19 100755
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 ../build/types_test
-../build/variable_test
\ No newline at end of file
+../build/variable_test
+../build/tuple_binding_test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/tuple_binding_test.cpp b/tests/tuple_binding_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a76daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tuple_binding_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include "catch.hpp"
+#include "Datalog.h"
+
+using namespace datalog;
+using namespace std;
+
+bool unbindTest()
+{
+    auto v = var<int>();
+    v->bind(3);
+    tuple<decltype(v), int> t{v, 3};
+    v->unbind();
+    bool returnVal = !get<0>(t)->isBound();
+    deleteVar(v);
+    return returnVal;
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("tuple binding test", "[tuple-binding]")
+{
+    REQUIRE(unbindTest());
+}
diff --git a/tests/variable_test.cpp b/tests/variable_test.cpp
index d5de203..3cdae51 100644
--- a/tests/variable_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/variable_test.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "catch.hpp"
-#include "Variable.h"
+#include "variable.h"
 
 using namespace datalog;