diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 450fc5943..c382646a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -74,3 +74,6 @@ build/
 # VSCode 
 .vscode/
 .DS_Store
+
+# Jetbrains
+.cache
diff --git a/python/mlx/nn/layers/activations.py b/python/mlx/nn/layers/activations.py
index 2b5ded696..75e9aac60 100644
--- a/python/mlx/nn/layers/activations.py
+++ b/python/mlx/nn/layers/activations.py
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ def _make_activation_module(f):
     return decorator
 
 
+def sigmoid(x):
+    r"""Applies the element-wise function:
+
+    .. math::
+        \text{Sigmoid}(x) = \sigma(x) = \frac{1}{1 + \exp(-x)}
+    """
+    return mx.sigmoid(x)
+    
+
+
 def relu(x):
     """Applies the Rectified Linear Unit.
 
@@ -79,6 +89,9 @@ def gelu_fast_approx(x):
     """
     return x * mx.sigmoid(1.773 * x)
 
+@_make_activation_module
+class Sigmoid(Module):
+    pass
 
 @_make_activation_module(relu)
 class ReLU(Module):