diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 7e4c8de..0520e0c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 Release Notes
 -------------
 
+**1.22.1 (2019-10-05)**
+
+* Properly check for presence of CSS file. (`#246 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-html/issues/246>`_)
+
+    * Thanks to `@wanam <https://github.com/wanam>`_ for reporting, and `@krzysztof-pawlik-gat <https://github.com/krzysztof-pawlik-gat>`_ for the fix
+
+* Added support for UTF-8 display. (`#244 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-html/pull/244>`_)
+
+    * Thanks to `@Izhu666 <https://github.com/lzhu666>`_ for the PR
+
+* Fix initial sort on column. (`#247 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-html/issues/247>`_)
+
+    * Thanks to `@wanam <https://github.com/wanam>`_ for reporting and fixing
+
 **1.22.0 (2019-08-06)**
 
 * Refactor assets naming to be more readable and OS safe.
diff --git a/pytest_html/plugin.py b/pytest_html/plugin.py
index 49578cb..facb9e8 100644
--- a/pytest_html/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_html/plugin.py
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
     htmlpath = config.getoption("htmlpath")
     if htmlpath:
         for csspath in config.getoption("css"):
-            open(csspath)
+            if not os.path.exists(csspath):
+                raise IOError(
+                    "No such file or directory: '{csspath}'".format(csspath=csspath)
+                )
         if not hasattr(config, "slaveinput"):
             # prevent opening htmlpath on slave nodes (xdist)
             config._html = HTMLReport(htmlpath, config)
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ class HTMLReport(object):
 
     class TestResult:
         def __init__(self, outcome, report, logfile, config):
-            self.test_id = report.nodeid
+            self.test_id = report.nodeid.encode("utf-8").decode("unicode_escape")
             if getattr(report, "when", "call") != "call":
                 self.test_id = "::".join([report.nodeid, report.when])
             self.time = getattr(report, "duration", 0.0)
diff --git a/pytest_html/resources/main.js b/pytest_html/resources/main.js
index 63e04ba..5d49dbf 100644
--- a/pytest_html/resources/main.js
+++ b/pytest_html/resources/main.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function init () {
 
     show_filters();
 
-    toggle_sort_states(find('.initial-sort'));
+    sort_column(find('.initial-sort'));
 
     find_all('.sortable').forEach(function(elem) {
         elem.addEventListener("click",
diff --git a/testing/test_pytest_html.py b/testing/test_pytest_html.py
index c7309a4..2dd1a8d 100644
--- a/testing/test_pytest_html.py
+++ b/testing/test_pytest_html.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# coding: utf-8
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
@@ -816,7 +817,7 @@ class TestHTML:
         assert re.search(regex_error, html) is not None
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("colors", [(["red"]), (["green", "blue"])])
-    def test_css(self, testdir, colors):
+    def test_css(self, testdir, recwarn, colors):
         testdir.makepyfile("def test_pass(): pass")
         css = {}
         cssargs = []
@@ -827,17 +828,33 @@ class TestHTML:
             cssargs.extend(["--css", path])
         result, html = run(testdir, "report.html", "--self-contained-html", *cssargs)
         assert result.ret == 0
+        assert len(recwarn) == 0
         for k, v in css.items():
             assert str(v["path"]) in html
             assert v["style"] in html
 
-    def test_css_invalid(self, testdir):
+    def test_css_invalid(self, testdir, recwarn):
         testdir.makepyfile("def test_pass(): pass")
         result = testdir.runpytest("--html", "report.html", "--css", "style.css")
         assert result.ret
+        assert len(recwarn) == 0
         assert "No such file or directory: 'style.css'" in result.stderr.str()
 
     def test_css_invalid_no_html(self, testdir):
         testdir.makepyfile("def test_pass(): pass")
         result = testdir.runpytest("--css", "style.css")
         assert result.ret == 0
+
+    def test_report_display_utf8(self, testdir):
+        testdir.makepyfile(
+            """
+            # coding: utf-8
+            import pytest
+            @pytest.mark.parametrize("utf8", [("测试用例名称")])
+            def test_pass(utf8):
+                assert True
+        """
+        )
+        result, html = run(testdir)
+        assert result.ret == 0
+        assert r"\u6d4b\u8bd5\u7528\u4f8b\u540d\u79f0" not in html