diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 231bb485fdae..0a7aa7de84e9 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -1002,7 +1002,6 @@ linux-workflow: &linux-workflow
           branches:
             only:
               - develop
-              - use-correct-folder
         requires:
           - build-npm-package
     - build-binary:
@@ -1014,7 +1013,6 @@ linux-workflow: &linux-workflow
           branches:
             only:
               - develop
-              - use-correct-folder
         requires:
           - build-binary
     - test-binary-and-npm-against-other-projects:
@@ -1023,7 +1021,6 @@ linux-workflow: &linux-workflow
           branches:
             only:
               - develop
-              - use-correct-folder
         requires:
           - upload-npm-package
           - upload-binary
@@ -1032,7 +1029,6 @@ linux-workflow: &linux-workflow
           branches:
             only:
               - develop
-              - use-correct-folder
         requires:
           - build-npm-package
           - build-binary
@@ -1042,7 +1038,6 @@ linux-workflow: &linux-workflow
           branches:
             only:
               - develop
-              - use-correct-folder
         requires:
           - build-npm-package
           - build-binary
@@ -1051,7 +1046,6 @@ linux-workflow: &linux-workflow
           branches:
             only:
               - develop
-              - use-correct-folder
         requires:
           - build-npm-package
           - build-binary
@@ -1083,7 +1077,6 @@ mac-workflow: &mac-workflow
           branches:
             only:
               - develop
-              - use-correct-folder
         requires:
           - Mac NPM package
 
@@ -1095,7 +1088,6 @@ mac-workflow: &mac-workflow
           branches:
             only:
               - develop
-              - use-correct-folder
         requires:
           - Mac build
 
@@ -1148,7 +1140,6 @@ mac-workflow: &mac-workflow
           branches:
             only:
               - develop
-              - use-correct-folder
         requires:
           - Mac NPM package upload
           - Mac binary upload
diff --git a/packages/runner/src/lib/util.js b/packages/runner/src/lib/util.js
index 85e53764e7a8..d4eade2474a4 100644
--- a/packages/runner/src/lib/util.js
+++ b/packages/runner/src/lib/util.js
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 import path from 'path'
 
 export default {
+  /**
+ * Correctly decodes Unicode string in encoded in base64
+ * @see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/5435
+ * @see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30106476/using-javascripts-atob-to-decode-base64-doesnt-properly-decode-utf-8-strings
+ *
+ * @example
+  ```
+  Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({state: '🙂'})).toString('base64')
+  // 'eyJzdGF0ZSI6IvCfmYIifQ=='
+  // "window.atob" does NOT work
+  // atob('eyJzdGF0ZSI6IvCfmYIifQ==')
+  // "{"state":"🙂"}"
+  // but this function works
+  b64DecodeUnicode('eyJzdGF0ZSI6IvCfmYIifQ==')
+  '{"state":"🙂"}'
+  ```
+ */
+  b64DecodeUnicode (str) {
+    return decodeURIComponent(atob(str).split('').map(function (c) {
+      return `%${(`00${c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)}`).slice(-2)}`
+    }).join(''))
+  },
+
   hasSpecFile () {
     return !!location.hash
   },
diff --git a/packages/runner/src/lib/util.spec.js b/packages/runner/src/lib/util.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a04f8444143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/runner/src/lib/util.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import util from './util'
+
+describe('util', () => {
+  context('b64DecodeUnicode', () => {
+    it('decodes unicode string correctly', () => {
+      // https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/5435
+      const s = '🙂 привет 🌎'
+      const encoded = Buffer.from(s).toString('base64')
+      const decoded = util.b64DecodeUnicode(encoded)
+
+      expect(decoded).to.equal(s)
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/runner/src/main.jsx b/packages/runner/src/main.jsx
index 1cc73f4c7f76..74afb5ef81c5 100644
--- a/packages/runner/src/main.jsx
+++ b/packages/runner/src/main.jsx
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ import { render } from 'react-dom'
 
 import State from './lib/state'
 import Container from './app/container'
+import util from './lib/util'
 
 configure({ enforceActions: 'strict' })
 
 const Runner = {
   start (el, base64Config) {
     action('started', () => {
-      const config = JSON.parse(atob(base64Config))
+      const config = JSON.parse(util.b64DecodeUnicode(base64Config))
 
       const state = new State((config.state || {}).reporterWidth)
 
diff --git a/packages/server/lib/controllers/runner.coffee b/packages/server/lib/controllers/runner.coffee
index 40bc3598e255..cffa5921fce9 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/controllers/runner.coffee
+++ b/packages/server/lib/controllers/runner.coffee
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ module.exports = {
     debug("serving runner index.html with config %o",
       _.pick(config, "version", "platform", "arch", "projectName")
     )
+    # log the env object's keys without values to avoid leaking sensitive info
+    debug("env object has the following keys: %s", _.keys(config.env).join(", "))
 
     ## base64 before embedding so user-supplied contents can't break out of <script>
     ## https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/4952