diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 0f089139..857a7f7c 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export default typescript.config(
       eqeqeq: 'error',
       'func-style': ['error', 'declaration'],
       indent: ['error', 2, { SwitchCase: 1 }],
+      'key-spacing': 'error',
       'no-constant-condition': 'off',
       'no-extra-parens': 'error',
       'no-multi-spaces': 'error',
diff --git a/src/lib/tableProvider.ts b/src/lib/tableProvider.ts
index ebcedcd5..9164700b 100644
--- a/src/lib/tableProvider.ts
+++ b/src/lib/tableProvider.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ export function computeSortIndex(orderByRanks: { direction: 'ascending' | 'desce
     })
 }
 
+interface VirtualRowGroup {
+  groupStart: number
+  groupEnd: number
+  fetching: boolean
+}
+
 /**
  * Convert a parquet file into a dataframe.
  */
@@ -37,33 +43,40 @@ export function parquetDataFrame(from: AsyncBufferFrom, metadata: FileMetaData):
   const sortCache = new Map<string, Promise<number[]>>()
   const columnRanksCache = new Map<string, Promise<number[]>>()
   const data = new Array<ResolvableRow | undefined>(Number(metadata.num_rows))
-  const groups = new Array(metadata.row_groups.length).fill(false)
+
+  // virtual row groups are up to 1000 rows within row group boundaries
+  const groups: VirtualRowGroup[] = []
   let groupStart = 0
-  const groupEnds = metadata.row_groups.map(group => groupStart += Number(group.num_rows))
+  for (const rg of metadata.row_groups) {
+    // make virtual row groups of size 1000
+    for (let j = 0; j < rg.num_rows; j += 1000) {
+      const groupSize = Math.min(1000, Number(rg.num_rows) - j)
+      const groupEnd = groupStart + groupSize
+      groups.push({ groupStart, groupEnd, fetching: false })
+      groupStart = groupEnd
+    }
+  }
 
-  function fetchRowGroup(groupIndex: number) {
-    if (!groups[groupIndex]) {
-      const rowStart = groupEnds[groupIndex - 1] ?? 0
-      const rowEnd = groupEnds[groupIndex]
-      if (rowEnd === undefined) {
-        throw new Error(`Missing groupEnd for groupIndex: ${groupIndex}`)
-      }
+  function fetchVirtualRowGroup(virtualGroupIndex: number) {
+    const group = groups[virtualGroupIndex]
+    if (group && !group.fetching) {
+      group.fetching = true
+      const { groupStart, groupEnd } = group
       // Initialize with resolvable promises
-      for (let i = rowStart; i < rowEnd; i++) {
+      for (let i = groupStart; i < groupEnd; i++) {
         data[i] = resolvableRow(header)
         data[i]?.index.resolve(i)
       }
-      parquetQueryWorker({ from, metadata, rowStart, rowEnd })
-        .then((groupData) => {
-          for (let i = rowStart; i < rowEnd; i++) {
-            const dataRow = data[i]
+      parquetQueryWorker({ from, metadata, rowStart: groupStart, rowEnd: groupEnd })
+        .then(groupData => {
+          for (let rowIndex = groupStart; rowIndex < groupEnd; rowIndex++) {
+            const dataRow = data[rowIndex]
             if (dataRow === undefined) {
-              throw new Error(`Missing data row for index ${i}`)
+              throw new Error(`Missing data row for index ${rowIndex}`)
             }
-            const j = i - rowStart
-            const row = groupData[j]
+            const row = groupData[rowIndex - groupStart]
             if (row === undefined) {
-              throw new Error(`Missing row in groupData for index: ${i - rowStart}`)
+              throw new Error(`Missing row in groupData for index ${rowIndex}`)
             }
             for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(row)) {
               const cell = dataRow.cells[key]
@@ -75,13 +88,10 @@ export function parquetDataFrame(from: AsyncBufferFrom, metadata: FileMetaData):
           }
         })
         .catch((error: unknown) => {
-          const prefix = `Error fetching row group ${groupIndex} (${rowStart}-${rowEnd}).`
-          console.error(prefix, error)
-          const reason = `${prefix} ${error}`
+          const reason = `Error fetching rows ${groupStart}-${groupEnd}: ${error}`
           // reject the index of the first row (it's enough to trigger the error bar)
-          data[rowStart]?.index.reject(reason)
+          data[groupStart]?.index.reject(reason)
         })
-      groups[groupIndex] = true
     }
   }
 
@@ -110,7 +120,7 @@ export function parquetDataFrame(from: AsyncBufferFrom, metadata: FileMetaData):
   return {
     header,
     numRows: Number(metadata.num_rows),
-    rows({ start, end, orderBy }: { start: number, end: number, orderBy?: OrderBy}) {
+    rows({ start, end, orderBy }) {
       if (orderBy?.length) {
         const numRows = end - start
         const wrapped = new Array(numRows).fill(null).map(() => resolvableRow(header))
@@ -118,8 +128,8 @@ export function parquetDataFrame(from: AsyncBufferFrom, metadata: FileMetaData):
         getSortIndex(orderBy).then(indices => {
           // Compute row groups to fetch
           for (const index of indices.slice(start, end)) {
-            const groupIndex = groupEnds.findIndex(end => index < end)
-            fetchRowGroup(groupIndex)
+            const groupIndex = groups.findIndex(({ groupEnd }) => index < groupEnd)
+            fetchVirtualRowGroup(groupIndex)
           }
 
           // Re-assemble data in sorted order into wrapped
@@ -158,24 +168,16 @@ export function parquetDataFrame(from: AsyncBufferFrom, metadata: FileMetaData):
             }
           }
         }).catch((error: unknown) => {
-          console.error(
-            'Error fetching sort index or resolving sorted rows',
-            error
-          )
+          console.error('Error fetching sort index or resolving sorted rows', error)
         })
 
         return wrapped
       } else {
-        for (let i = 0; i < groups.length; i++) {
-          const groupStart = groupEnds[i - 1] ?? 0
-          const groupEnd = groupEnds[i]
-          if (groupEnd === undefined) {
-            throw new Error(`Missing group end at index ${i}`)
-          }
-          if (start < groupEnd && end > groupStart) {
-            fetchRowGroup(i)
+        groups.forEach(({ groupStart, groupEnd }, i) => {
+          if (groupStart < end && groupEnd > start) {
+            fetchVirtualRowGroup(i)
           }
-        }
+        })
         const wrapped = data.slice(start, end)
         if (wrapped.some(row => row === undefined)) {
           throw new Error('Row not fetched')