He is having a bit of a problem with the crate, so he might interpret it as a bad thing. First night, he was fine with the crate; Monday night did ok; Tuesday night, not so much; Wednesday night -
he was like "let me outta here!" So it remains to be seen what tonight will be like.
My daughter does the same thing with Zig though - he likes his crate just fine; but if he misbehaves she tells him "go to your room" and he scoots on in there! LOL So it works for them.