diff --git a/examples/CIFAR10/conv_mixer.jl b/examples/CIFAR10/conv_mixer.jl
index e7cd6da75f..81ac636207 100644
--- a/examples/CIFAR10/conv_mixer.jl
+++ b/examples/CIFAR10/conv_mixer.jl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ function ConvMixer(; dim, depth, kernel_size=5, patch_size=2)
         [
             Chain(
                 SkipConnection(
+                    +,
                     Chain(
                         Conv(
                             (kernel_size, kernel_size),
@@ -24,8 +25,7 @@ function ConvMixer(; dim, depth, kernel_size=5, patch_size=2)
                             pad=SamePad(),
                         ),
                         BatchNorm(dim),
-                    ),
-                    +,
+                    )
                 ),
                 Conv((1, 1), dim => dim, relu),
                 BatchNorm(dim),
diff --git a/ext/LuxFluxExt.jl b/ext/LuxFluxExt.jl
index ddf8c7e778..2f28ca6097 100644
--- a/ext/LuxFluxExt.jl
+++ b/ext/LuxFluxExt.jl
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function Lux.convert_flux_model(l::Flux.SkipConnection; kwargs...)
     else
         Lux.convert_flux_model(l.connection; kwargs...)
     end
-    return Lux.SkipConnection(Lux.convert_flux_model(l.layers; kwargs...), connection)
+    return Lux.SkipConnection(connection, Lux.convert_flux_model(l.layers; kwargs...))
 end
 
 function Lux.convert_flux_model(l::Flux.Bilinear; preserve_ps_st::Bool=false, kwargs...)
diff --git a/src/layers/containers.jl b/src/layers/containers.jl
index c500b995db..ace7fd058f 100644
--- a/src/layers/containers.jl
+++ b/src/layers/containers.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-    SkipConnection(layers, connection; name=nothing)
+    SkipConnection(connection, layers; name=nothing)
     SkipConnection(; layers, connection, name=nothing)
 
 Create a skip connection which consists of a layer or [`Chain`](@ref) of consecutive layers
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ and a shortcut connection linking the block's input to the output through a user
 2-argument callable. The first argument to the callable will be propagated through the given
 `layer` while the second is the unchanged, "skipped" input.
 
-The simplest "ResNet"-type connection is just `SkipConnection(layer, +)`.
+The simplest "ResNet"-type connection is just `SkipConnection(+, layer)`.
 
 ## Arguments
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ end
 
 PrettyPrinting.printable_children(l::SkipConnection) = (; l.connection, l.layers)
 
-function SkipConnection(layers, connection; name::NAME_TYPE=nothing)
+function SkipConnection(connection, layers; name::NAME_TYPE=nothing)
     return SkipConnection(; layers, connection, name)
 end
 
diff --git a/test/downstream/Flux/flux_integrationtest.jl b/test/downstream/Flux/flux_integrationtest.jl
index 3d9dd6e7a4..a435ff9a67 100644
--- a/test/downstream/Flux/flux_integrationtest.jl
+++ b/test/downstream/Flux/flux_integrationtest.jl
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ toluxforce = FromFluxAdaptor(; force_preserve=true, preserve_ps_st=true)
         end
 
         @testset "Skip Connection" begin
-            model = dev(Flux.SkipConnection(Flux.Dense(2 => 2), +))
+            model = dev(Flux.SkipConnection(+, Flux.Dense(2 => 2)))
             x = aType(rand(Float32, 2, 1))
 
             model_lux = toluxpsst(model)
diff --git a/test/enzyme_tests.jl b/test/enzyme_tests.jl
index 719ea2d828..8163593d56 100644
--- a/test/enzyme_tests.jl
+++ b/test/enzyme_tests.jl
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const MODELS_LIST = Any[
     ),
     (Maxout(() -> Dense(5 => 4, tanh), 3), randn(Float32, 5, 2)),
     (Bilinear((2, 2) => 3), randn(Float32, 2, 3)),
-    (SkipConnection(Dense(2 => 2), vcat), randn(Float32, 2, 3)),
+    (SkipConnection(vcat, Dense(2 => 2)), randn(Float32, 2, 3)),
     (ConvTranspose((3, 3), 3 => 2; stride=2), rand(Float32, 5, 5, 3, 1)),
     (StatefulRecurrentCell(RNNCell(3 => 5)), rand(Float32, 3, 2)),
     (StatefulRecurrentCell(RNNCell(3 => 5, gelu)), rand(Float32, 3, 2)),
diff --git a/test/layers/basic_tests.jl b/test/layers/basic_tests.jl
index b73c13523f..6fda8e2bcc 100644
--- a/test/layers/basic_tests.jl
+++ b/test/layers/basic_tests.jl
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ end
             display(d)
             b = Bilinear((2, 2) => 3)
             display(b)
-            layer = SkipConnection(d, b)
+            layer = SkipConnection(b, d)
             display(layer)
             ps, st = dev(Lux.setup(rng, layer))
             x = aType(randn(rng, Float32, 2, 1))
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ end
             display(d)
             b = Bilinear((2, 2) => 3; use_bias=false)
             display(b)
-            layer = SkipConnection(d, b)
+            layer = SkipConnection(b, d)
             display(layer)
             ps, st = dev(Lux.setup(rng, layer))
             x = aType(randn(rng, Float32, 2, 1))
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ end
             display(d)
             b = Bilinear((3, 2) => 5)
             display(b)
-            layer = SkipConnection(d, b)
+            layer = SkipConnection(b, d)
             display(layer)
             ps, st = dev(Lux.setup(rng, layer))
             x = aType(randn(rng, Float32, 2, 7, 11))
diff --git a/test/layers/containers_tests.jl b/test/layers/containers_tests.jl
index 22aa5b7cf6..6fed0cb7ad 100644
--- a/test/layers/containers_tests.jl
+++ b/test/layers/containers_tests.jl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     @testset "$mode" for (mode, aType, dev, ongpu) in MODES
         @testset "zero sum" begin
-            layer = SkipConnection(WrappedFunction(Broadcast.BroadcastFunction(zero)), .+)
+            layer = SkipConnection(+, WrappedFunction(Broadcast.BroadcastFunction(zero)))
             display(layer)
             ps, st = dev(Lux.setup(rng, layer))
             x = aType(randn(rng, Float32, 10, 10, 10, 10))
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         end
 
         @testset "concat size" begin
-            layer = SkipConnection(Dense(10, 10), hcat)
+            layer = SkipConnection(hcat, Dense(10, 10))
             display(layer)
             ps, st = dev(Lux.setup(rng, layer))
             x = aType(randn(rng, Float32, 10, 2))