diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/exec/jbig2enc.py b/src/ocrmypdf/exec/jbig2enc.py
index 94e5ee93..1fa95b2a 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/exec/jbig2enc.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/exec/jbig2enc.py
@@ -44,10 +44,24 @@ def convert_group(*, cwd, infiles, out_prefix):
         'jbig2',
         '-b',
         out_prefix,
-        '-s',
+        '-s',  # symbol mode (lossy)
+        # '-r', # refinement mode (lossless symbol mode, currently disabled in
+                # jbig2)
         '-p',
     ]
     args.extend(infiles)
     proc = run(args, cwd=cwd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
     proc.check_returncode()
-    return proc
\ No newline at end of file
+    return proc
+
+
+def convert_single(*, cwd, infile, outfile):
+    args = [
+        'jbig2',
+        '-p',
+        infile
+    ]
+    with open(outfile, 'wb') as fstdout:
+        proc = run(args, cwd=cwd, stdout=fstdout, stderr=PIPE)
+    proc.check_returncode()
+    return proc
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/optimize.py b/src/ocrmypdf/optimize.py
index 8137464d..d72188da 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/optimize.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/optimize.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from . import leptonica
 from .helpers import re_symlink, fspath
 from .exec import pngquant, jbig2enc
 
-PAGE_GROUP_SIZE = 10
+PAGE_GROUP_SIZE = 1
 DEFAULT_JPEG_QUALITY = 75
 DEFAULT_PNG_QUALITY = 70
 
@@ -190,12 +190,20 @@ def convert_to_jbig2(pike, jbig2_groups, root, log, options):
         futures = []
         for group, xref_exts in jbig2_groups.items():
             prefix = 'group{:08d}'.format(group)
-            future = executor.submit(
-                jbig2enc.convert_group,
-                cwd=fspath(root),
-                infiles=(img_name(root, xref, ext) for xref, ext in xref_exts),
-                out_prefix=prefix
-            )
+            if PAGE_GROUP_SIZE > 1:
+                future = executor.submit(
+                    jbig2enc.convert_group,
+                    cwd=fspath(root),
+                    infiles=(img_name(root, xref, ext) for xref, ext in xref_exts),
+                    out_prefix=prefix
+                )
+            else:
+                future = executor.submit(
+                    jbig2enc.convert_single,
+                    cwd=fspath(root),
+                    infile=next((img_name(root, xref, ext) for xref, ext in xref_exts)),
+                    outfile=root / (prefix + '.0000')
+                )
             futures.append(future)
         for future in concurrent.futures.as_completed(futures):
             proc = future.result()
@@ -203,8 +211,15 @@ def convert_to_jbig2(pike, jbig2_groups, root, log, options):
 
     for group, xref_exts in jbig2_groups.items():
         prefix = 'group{:08d}'.format(group)
-        jbig2_globals_data = (root / (prefix + '.sym')).read_bytes()
-        jbig2_globals = pikepdf.Stream(pike, jbig2_globals_data)
+        jbig2_symfile = root / (prefix + '.sym')
+        if jbig2_symfile.exists():
+            jbig2_globals_data = jbig2_symfile.read_bytes()
+            jbig2_globals = pikepdf.Stream(pike, jbig2_globals_data)
+            jbig2_globals_dict = pikepdf.Dictionary({
+                    '/JBIG2Globals': jbig2_globals
+            })
+        elif PAGE_GROUP_SIZE == 1:
+            jbig2_globals_dict = None
 
         for n, xref_ext in enumerate(xref_exts):
             xref, _ = xref_ext
@@ -213,9 +228,7 @@ def convert_to_jbig2(pike, jbig2_groups, root, log, options):
             im_obj = pike.get_object(xref, 0)
             im_obj.write(
                 jbig2_im_data, pikepdf.Name('/JBIG2Decode'),
-                pikepdf.Dictionary({
-                    '/JBIG2Globals': jbig2_globals
-                })
+                jbig2_globals_dict
             )