diff --git a/lib/parse.js b/lib/parse.js
index 737260d..a6cc8e1 100644
--- a/lib/parse.js
+++ b/lib/parse.js
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ parse.VariableDeclaration = function parseVariableDeclaration(contract, expressi
 };
 
 parse.VariableDeclarationTuple = function parseVariableDeclarationTuple(contract, expression) {
-  parse[expression.init.type] &&
-  parse[expression.init.type](contract, expression.init);
+  instrumenter.instrumentStatement(contract, expression);
+  parse[expression.declarations[0].id.type] &&
+  parse[expression.declarations[0].id.type](contract, expression.declarations[0].id);
 };
 
 parse.WhileStatement = function parseWhileStatement(contract, expression) {
diff --git a/test/sources/statements/tuple.sol b/test/sources/statements/tuple.sol
index f552e79..9c675fb 100644
--- a/test/sources/statements/tuple.sol
+++ b/test/sources/statements/tuple.sol
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 pragma solidity ^0.4.3;
 
-contract Test {  
+contract Test { 
+
+    function returnTuple() returns (uint x, uint y) {
+        return (10, 20);
+    }
+
     function a() {
-        var(x,y) = (10,20);
+        var (a, b) = (10, 20);
+        var (x, y) = returnTuple();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/statements.js b/test/statements.js
index 9c150c0..de7f9c9 100644
--- a/test/statements.js
+++ b/test/statements.js
@@ -101,12 +101,14 @@ describe('generic statements', () => {
     vm.execute(info.contract, 'a', []).then(events => {
       const mapping = coverage.generate(events, pathPrefix);
       assert.deepEqual(mapping[filePath].l, {
-        5: 1,
+        6: 1, 10: 1, 11: 1
       });
       assert.deepEqual(mapping[filePath].b, {});
-      assert.deepEqual(mapping[filePath].s, {});
+      assert.deepEqual(mapping[filePath].s, { 
+        1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 1 
+      });
       assert.deepEqual(mapping[filePath].f, {
-        1: 1,
+        1: 1, 2: 1
       });
       done();
     }).catch(done);