baby wont sleep in cradle

my son just turned a month old. We were given a cradle for when he's in our room sleeping, but he will not sleep in it. He'll sleep cuddled up to me and my husband, he will sleep in his swing and he even will sleep on our leather couch when we're watching him. But as soon as we lay him in the cradle he wakes up and starts crying. I don't want him to get used to sleeping in a swing so majority of the time I stay awake all night holding him while hes asleep. I don't know what to do. Someone help!😔